Subject: Re: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:20:03 -0500

Moving on......How should we follow up with Gabriel re: the Argentine opportunity for Wahaha?

Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
[email-masked]
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On Mar 8, 2011, at 6:18 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

That's so un-cool.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Arlene Busch <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:13:52 
To: <[email-masked]>; Eric Schwerin<[email-masked]>
Cc: Hunter Biden<[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity

I just finished speaking with Russel Martin. With the big pop in commodity
prices over the past few weeks, RANK has sold 1/3 of their farms. They are
looking to sell the remainder of the farms, but want to sell domestically.
So...no interest in Wahaha at the moment.

Thanks for making the inquiry.

Arlene

Arlene Busch
202-333-1880
[email-masked]

-----Original Message-----
From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 9:21 PM
To: Busch, Arlene; Schwerin, Eric D.
Cc: Biden, Hunter
Subject: Re: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity

I think Wahaha thinks Ranks not serious about selling.  Arlene, can you
confirm with Rank that they do want to sell?  And I can in turn confirm
with Wahaha they're interested in selling and set up a meeting.

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Arlene Busch" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:42:18
To: Eric Schwerin<[email-masked]>; Devon
Archer<[email-masked]>
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Cc: Hunter Biden<[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity

I believe RANK wants to sell the farms. Not sure if this is a new
development or not.
Devon, can you tell by the info RANK sent if Eric or I am more correct?
Arlene Busch
202-333-1880
[email-masked]

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:39:52
To: [email-masked]<[email-masked]>
Cc: Busch, Arlene<[email-masked]>; Biden,
Hunter<[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity

My translation - yes, they do but they don't think Rank wants to sell.
They are asking if Rank has talked to anyone else about their interest in
selling (maybe they want exclusivity?).   But, and maybe Arlene can
answer, I am not sure Rank wants to sell the farm either.  I think they
want to sell their "dairy" products to Wahaha but I am not sure they want
to sell the farm itself.  This is why I think Rank has said to us they
haven't made progress with Wahaha.  That said, everyone has a price.
Again, Arlene has had all the conversations with them but that is my read
of Wahaha's email.

Also, Gabriel is teed up and ready to talk re Argentina and Wahaha.

Eric D. Schwerin
[email-masked]

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On Mar 7, 2011, at 8:30 PM, [email-masked] wrote:

> I need a translator...do they want the farm or not?
> 
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked]
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:29:45
> To: Natapoff, Sam<[email-masked]>
> Reply-To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Fw: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity
> 
> Please translate this.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Wang Jie" <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:25:18
> To: darcher<[email-masked]>
> Subject: Fw: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity
> 
> Dear Mr. Devon Archer,
> 
> I'd like to introduce myself to you firstly. I'm the new business
assistant of Kelly, to support her to handl oversea investments. We do
have the interests to acquire a farm in New zealand, and so far as we
know, Rank Group-the owner of CHH is unlike to sell the farms such
intensely. Do you have any information about Rank Group whether it's
contacting other investors or not? I think that's important to us to
evaluate the project.
> Besides, we're seeking for the opportunity to sell Wahaha's beverage
into South America. It will be appreciated if you may provide some
information about this kind of opportunity.
> 
> If you have any question, please feel free to contact me!
> 
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Tommy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Devon Archer" <[email-masked]>
> To: "kelly" <[email-masked]>
> Cc: "Jiang Xu" <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:09 AM
> Subject: New Zealand Dairy Opportunity
> 
> 
>> Kelly,
>> 
>> I hope you had a wonderful New Years holiday.  One of our good friends
at
>> Rank Industries is interested in selling their dairy operations in New
>> Zealand.  I have attached an overview of the operations.  I thought it
may
>> make sense to open the dialogue.
>> 
>> I have also just returned from Argentina where I built some strong
>> relationships, and will have options for dialogue with dairy producers
>> when you are ready.  Our friends down there suggested a visit at your
>> earliest convenience.
>> 
>> Please let me know if opening a dialogue with Rank is of interest.  I
>> think there are other options to a straight sale (ie. Investment and
>> off-take agreement or other).
>> 
>> All the Very Best,
>> Devon
>> 
>> Devon Archer
>> Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director
>> Rosemont Capital, LLC
>> 401 Greenwich Street, Suite 400
>> New York, NY 10013
>> o: 212 933 9965
>> f: 212 933 9964
>> m: 646 436 3745
>> Www.rosemontcapital.com
>> 
>> 
> <Rank farms fact book Dec 10.pdf>

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