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On Jan 14, 2016 6:17 AM, "John Murphy" <jmurphy@durational.com> wrote:

> Rob,
>
> Great catching up the other day. As discussed, I wanted to give you a
> full update of everything we are working on. Also, I’m going to arrange
> for a transfer of equity to you guys for all the help over the past couple
> years. Here’s the summary:
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>
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> 1. We took down a $20 MM USD investment for the Pizza Hut franchise
> business, led by Jeff Vinik (majority of the capital). Our territories are
> the Western Cape, South Africa, Botswana and Nigeria. The Nigerian rights
> were structured as a call option, which we will exercise by the end of this
> year, once we establish our supply chain and logistics strategy and build
> our real estate backlog. Given the food supply challenges in Botswana and
> Nigeria, we intend to build our own food supply business alongside the
> franchise operations, and Vinik is in full support of this from a capital
> perspective. This could eventually include fresh vegetables (via
> greenhouse and ultimately scale farms), poultry and dough commissary.
> Sounds like it will be worth talking to Ben Hubbard on any potential
> crossover here.
>
> 2. We have hired a former Wall Street colleague to build a
> technology business, based around the African consumer experience. He is
> managing the entire web platform for our Pizza Hut business (including
> online ordering, web apps, mobile apps, social). But he is also building
> the data analytics platform that will use our customer data as its
> foundation, and grow alongside our other businesses.
>
> 3. We are in the process of acquiring a local craft beer company.
> It is growing like a weed (150 – 200% per year) and is a top quality
> product (won multiple awards) with a great brand strategy. We will
> co-brand our Pizza Hut locations and have beer tasting rooms so people can
> eat good pizza and drink great beer. We will be importing US hops and raw
> materials. HUGE opportunity here.
>
>
>
> Let’s stay in touch on any places there may be crossover and I would love
> to hear how things go with your Nigerian contact in Prague.
>
>
>
> Chat soon,
>
> John
>
>
>
> *John Parker Murphy*
>
> Durational Energy Partners, LLC
>
> Managing Partner
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> Sovereign Quay
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> Suite 0109 Foyer B
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> 34 Somerset Road
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> Green Point, Cape Town 8051
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> jmurphy@durational.com
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> 646.812.6744 (US Cell)
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> +27 763726412 (SA Cell)
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