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Case 18-2868, Document 283, 08/09/2019, 2628241, Page130 of 883 ROSS NEIL SUTHERLAND GOW 11/18/2016 Page 45 20 21 22 23 24 25 this email chain is? A. My understanding of this is: It was a holiday in the UK, but Mr. Barden was not necessarily accessible, at some point in time, so this had been sent to him originally by Ms. Maxwell, and because he was unavailable, she forwarded it to me for immediate action. I therefore respond, "Okay, Ghislaine, I'll go with this." It is my understanding that this is the agreed statement because the subject of the second one is "Urgent, this is the statement" so I take that as an instruction to send it out, as a positive command: "This is the statement." Q. Okay. A. And I say, "Thanks, Philip" because I'm aware of the fact that he had a hand, a considerable hand in the drafting. Q. Okay. Could I ask you to please refer back to Exhibit 2. Looking also at Exhibit 9, Exhibit 9 appears to have five sentences in it. Do you agree that those same five sentences are part of the communication that is borne in Exhibit 2? A. Sorry, could you say that again. I'm just following what your -- Q. It was a bad question. Let me try that again. DTI Court Reporting Solutions New York 1 800 325 3376 www.deposition.com 9:20: 9:20: 9:20: 9:20: 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:2 9:22: 9:22: 9:22: 9:22: 9:22: 9:22: 45 49 54 59 :03 :07 :14 119 :20 122 124 127 :30 333 333 337 :40 141 :47 03 10 13 18 20 21