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Please archive. Thanks for your assistance and courtesies. Warmest Regards, Hal

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Morris, Hal ; "Nancy.Ratchford@usdoj.gov" Bartram, Ashley Re: Animal Sanctuary of The United States / Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS) Tuesday, November 05, 2013 11:46:42 AM

Good morning Dick and Nancy, Thanks for your email below. I'm fine with Nancy's proposal or if Dick wants to file an "Amended" Motion [and attendant form of Order] just noting in a footnote tied to the opening what the amendment is (so everyone is on appropriate notice) that would be fine too. Either way. Thanks for your continuing courtesies. Warmest regards, Hal Hal F. Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Bankruptcy & Collections Division Office of The Texas Attorney General 512 475 4550 hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov ----- Original Message ----] From: William Davis [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 11:11 AM To: Morris, Hal Cc: Bartram, Ashley; Ratchford, Nancy (USTP) <Nancy.Ratchford@usdoj.gov> Subject: RE: Animal Sanctuary of The United States / Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS) I wanted to see if everyone felt I needed to prepare a separate motion regarding the use of the $50,000 to augment the payment to the unsecured creditors or if I could just include that agreement in the order on the motion to sell. I will await your comments. Thank you. William R Davis

-----Original Message----From: Morris, Hal [mailto:hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 9:26 AM To: William Davis Cc: Bartram, Ashley Subject: Animal Sanctuary of The United States / Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS) Confidential Privileged Settlement Communications Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 Good morning Dick,

Thanks for your recent email and for transmitting the Sale Motion. In response to your inquiry and at para. 9 of the Sale Motiopn, we would not oppose debtor utilizing $50,000 of these funds to augment the distribution to unsecured creditors in this case (with the balance remaining from the bequests of approx $25,000 to be cy presd to Born Free). Please advise if we need to discuss further and if so, we can schedule a call for later this morning as I'm teaching at a CLE this afternoon. Ashley and/or I will appear at the hearing by telephone tomorrowwe will not voice any opposition to the motion or to the request to use some of the funds if that sum is $50,000 of the bequest funds for unsecureds (as set out above) Thanks for your continued courtesies in this case. Warmest regards, Hal Hal F. Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General 512 475 4550 hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal Bartram, Ashley Animal Sanctuary of The United States / Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS) Tuesday, November 05, 2013 9:26:09 AM

Confidential Privileged Settlement Communications Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 408 Good morning Dick, Thanks for your recent email and for transmitting the Sale Motion. In response to your inquiry and at para. 9 of the Sale Motiopn, we would not oppose debtor utilizing $50,000 of these funds to augment the distribution to unsecured creditors in this case (with the balance remaining from the bequests of approx $25,000 to be cy presd to Born Free). Please advise if we need to discuss further and if so, we can schedule a call for later this morning as I'm teaching at a CLE this afternoon. Ashley and/or I will appear at the hearing by telephone tomorrowwe will not voice any opposition to the motion or to the request to use some of the funds if that sum is $50,000 of the bequest funds for unsecureds (as set out above) Thanks for your continued courtesies in this case. Warmest regards, Hal Hal F. Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General 512 475 4550 hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal Bartram, Ashley; Anthony, James Animal Sanctuary of The United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS/WAO) Monday, November 18, 2013 3:49:05 PM

Good afternoon Dick, We look forward to speaking with you tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. . Following up on the voicemail I left earlier today, we recently became aware that ASUS corporate existence was involuntarily terminated by the Secretary of State on September 20, 2013. We believe the Court needs to be made aware of this development in connection with the sale hearing on Wednesday, though we leave it to the court and the Debtor to determine how that affects the transaction (e.g., can the Court order the sale of the real estate despite this fact..... or........ whether reinstatement should be a condition of closing ? ). In case it would be of assistance to you in evaluating how to proceed, I can tell you that our office was advised by the Secretary of State (SOS) that ASUS/WAO could be reinstated under BOC 22.365 by filing the report and paying a fee. Specifically, the representative of the SOS suggested that the organization file the Periodic Report and pay the $25 fee to get reinstated The representative also said the Periodic Report will get rejected if it does not have 3 directors listed and suggested the filing entity could add 2 temporary acting board members for the purpose of filing the report. We look forward to speaking tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance anc courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal elizabeth bankruptcy Fw: Animal Sanctuary of The United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS/WAO) Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:22:56 PM

----- Original Message ----From: Bartram, Ashley Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:58 PM To: William Davis < > Cc: Morris, Hal; Anthony, James Subject: RE: Animal Sanctuary of The United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS/WAO) Dick, Thank you for your time this morning. We are delighted to hear that there are likely to be multiple bidders for the property and we appreciate your agreement to advise the Court that the Debtor's corporate existence was involuntarily terminated. Thank you for your continued courtesies in this case. Ashley

-----Original Message----] From: William Davis [mailto: Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 3:51 PM To: Morris, Hal Cc: Bartram, Ashley; Anthony, James Subject: RE: Animal Sanctuary of The United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS/WAO) Thanks for the heads up William R Davis

-----Original Message----From: Morris, Hal [mailto:hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 3:49 PM To: William Davis Cc: Bartram, Ashley; Anthony, James Subject: Animal Sanctuary of The United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS/WAO) Good afternoon Dick, We look forward to speaking with you tomorrow at 10:00 A.M. . Following up on the voicemail I left earlier today, we recently became aware that ASUS corporate existence was involuntarily terminated by the Secretary of State on September 20, 2013. We believe the Court needs to be made aware of this development in connection with the sale hearing on Wednesday, though we leave it to the court and the Debtor to determine how that affects the transaction (e.g., can the Court order the sale of the real estate despite this fact..... or........ whether reinstatement should be a condition of closing ? ).

 In case it would be of assistance to you in evaluating how to proceed, I can tell you that our office was advised by the Secretary of State (SOS) that ASUS/WAO could be reinstated under BOC 22.365 by filing the report and paying a fee. Specifically, the representative of the SOS suggested that the organization file the Periodic Report and pay the $25 fee to get reinstated The representative also said the Periodic Report will get rejected if it does not have 3 directors listed and suggested the filing entity could add 2 temporary acting board members for the purpose of filing the report. We look forward to speaking tomorrow. Thanks for your assistance anc courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal.morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal elizabeth bankruptcy Martin, Elizabeth Fw: Estate of Irving John Payne, Deceased Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:16:52 AM

From: Anthony, James Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 10:15 AM To: Debbie Cunningham < > Cc : Morris, Hal; Bartram, Ashley; Staricka, Susan Subject : RE: Estate of Irving John Payne, Deceased

Debbie, The check for this charitable bequest distribution should be made payable to Animal Sanctuary of United States, Inc. (ASUS). The check should be sent to Dick Davis who is counsel for ASUS and whose contact information is provided below. Please make sure that the memo line on the check notes that it is for deposit to counsels Trust Account as a charitable bequest to ASUS from Decedents Estate. Please advise us the amount of this distribution and also your best idea of when any additional charitable distributions, if any, may be made. Counsel for ASUS David R. Dick Davis, Jr. Langley & Banack 745 East Mulberry, Suite 900 San Antonio, Texas 78212 Telephone: (210) 253-7135 Direct Dial E-mail: Regards/ Jim Anthony James L. Anthony Assistant Attorney General Financial Litigation, Tax and Charitable Trusts Division P. O. Box 12548 MC 017-11 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 475-4178 Direct Line (512) 478-4013 Facsimile James.anthony@texasattorneygeneral.gov

From: Debbie Cunningham [mailto: Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 5:39 PM

To: Anthony, James Cc: Morris, Hal; Bartram, Ashley; Staricka, Susan Subject: Re: Estate of Irving John Payne, Deceased

Jim, I am sending out the first bequest payments this week. Can you please provide the name and address where the check should be mailed? Additionally, will any additional information be required on or with the check so that the recipient can be properly identified? Thanks for your help.

Warm Regards,

Debbie J Cunningham Law Offices of Debbie J Cunningham, PLLC 320 Decker Drive, Suite 100 Irving, Texas 75062 (972) 719 2559 (972) 499 1878 (fax) www.irving-law.com http://irving-law.com/blog/ IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This message contains information from Debbie J. Cunningham Attorney at Law, which may be privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately at (972) 7192559. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Anthony, James <james.anthony@texasattorneygeneral.gov> wrote: Debbie, Our conversation this morning was most helpful with respect to the testamentary charitable bequest to Animal Sanctuary of United States/ Wild Animal Orphanage (ASUS). You advised that the Independent Executrix, Mary Jane Dixon, will pay this charitable bequest to ASUS after administration of the estate. Your best guesstimate at this time is that the bequest to ASUS will be approximately $8-10,000 and that you guesstimated distribution in approximately 3 months. Hal Morris is handling the Chapter 11 B/R proceeding of ASUS and will advise the court of this additional bequest that will be distributed in the future. Thanks for your assistance, and if there is anything our office may do to help facilitate this

distribution, please do not hesitate to ask. James L. Anthony Assistant Attorney General Financial Litigation, Tax and Charitable Trusts Division P. O. Box 12548 MC 017-11 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 (512) 475-4178 Direct Line (512) 478-4013 Facsimile James.anthony@texasattorneygeneral.gov

Jim Anthony

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Morris, Hal " " Bartram, Ashley; " Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage Friday, February 07, 2014 9:18:25 AM Mark Williams (Born Free"s Atty).vcf

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Good morning Nancy Following up on recent communications with our office ..... The check for this bequest can be made payable to either Born Free (preferable) or to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage which, although being liquidated through a bankruptcy and although having confirmed a Plan of Liquidation is still a legal entity and who should in turn pay these funds upon receipt over to Born Free in accordance with previous court approved settlements wherein future bequests would be recommended be cy pres'd to Born Free. By copy of this email to Mark Williams , an attorney with Bingham McCutcheon LLP in Washington D.C. [Contact information attached to this email] who represents Born Free I will alert him to this possible bequest. Please advise , Nancy, if we can supply you with any additional information or if you wish to discuss. Thanks for your assistance and courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal " " Bartram, Ashley Fw: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage Friday, February 07, 2014 9:22:05 AM Mark Williams (Born Free"s Atty).vcf

Good morning Mark Following up on the email below..... Our office received a call from an attorney, Nancy Ward, who represents a decedent estate that has , she thought , an approx $50K bequest to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage. We sent her copies of the bankruptcy court approved settlement discussing cy pres of future bequests being recommended go to Born Free. Warmest Regards, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

----- Original Message ----From: Morris, Hal Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 09:18 AM To: ' Cc: Bartram, Ashley; ' Subject: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

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Good morning Nancy Following up on recent communications with our office ..... The check for this bequest can be made payable to either Born Free (preferable) or to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage which, although being liquidated through a bankruptcy and although having confirmed a Plan of Liquidation is still a legal entity and who should in turn pay these funds upon receipt over to Born Free in accordance with previous court approved settlements wherein future bequests would be recommended be cy pres'd to Born Free. By copy of this email to Mark Williams , an attorney with Bingham McCutcheon LLP in Washington D.C. [Contact information attached to this email] who represents Born Free I will alert him to this possible bequest. Please advise , Nancy, if we can supply you with any additional information or if you wish to discuss. Thanks for your assistance and courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal Bartram, Ashley Re: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage Friday, February 07, 2014 9:26:52 AM

Good morning Mark Thanks for your continuing courtesies. Warmest Regards, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

----- Original Message ----From: Williams, Mark C. [mailto: Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 09:23 AM To: Morris, Hal Cc: Bartram, Ashley Subject: RE: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

Hal, many thanks -- very much appreciated. I will advise Born Free USA right away, and will advise you of any further substantive developments on our end -MCW Mark C. Williams Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K Street NW Washington DC 20006 202.373.6181 Fax 373.6001 www.bingham.com

-----Original Message----From: Morris, Hal [mailto:hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 10:22 AM To: Williams, Mark C. Cc: Bartram, Ashley Subject: Fw: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

Good morning Mark Following up on the email below..... Our office received a call from an attorney, Nancy Ward, who represents a decedent estate that has , she thought , an approx $50K bequest to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage. We sent her copies of the bankruptcy court approved settlement discussing cy pres of future bequests being recommended go to Born Free.

 Warmest Regards, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

----- Original Message ----From: Morris, Hal Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 09:18 AM To: ' Cc: Bartram, Ashley; Subject: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

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Good morning Nancy Following up on recent communications with our office ..... The check for this bequest can be made payable to either Born Free (preferable) or to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage which, although being liquidated through a bankruptcy and although having confirmed a Plan of Liquidation is still a legal entity and who should in turn pay these funds upon receipt over to Born Free in accordance with previous court approved settlements wherein future bequests would be recommended be cy pres'd to Born Free. By copy of this email to Mark Williams , an attorney with Bingham McCutcheon LLP in Washington D.C. [Contact information attached to this email] who represents Born Free I will alert him to this possible bequest. Please advise , Nancy, if we can supply you with any additional information or if you wish to discuss. Thanks for your assistance and courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General (Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Morris, Hal elizabeth bankruptcy Bartram, Ashley Fw: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage Friday, February 07, 2014 9:27:05 AM

----- Original Message ----From: Williams, Mark C. [mailto: Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 09:20 AM To: Morris, Hal; < Cc: Bartram, Ashley Subject: RE: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

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Hal, many thanks. Nancy, I will be back in my office on Monday afternoon and expect to be in nearly all week. MCW Mark C. Williams Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K Street NW Washington DC 20006 202.373.6181 Fax 373.6001 www.bingham.com

-----Original Message----From: Morris, Hal [mailto:hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 10:18 AM To: ' ' Cc: Bartram, Ashley; Williams, Mark C. Subject: Animal Sanctuary / Wild Animal Orphanage

Good morning Nancy Following up on recent communications with our office ..... The check for this bequest can be made payable to either Born Free (preferable) or to Animal Sanctuary/ Wild Animal Orphanage which, although being liquidated through a bankruptcy and although having confirmed a Plan of Liquidation is still a legal entity and who should in turn pay these funds upon receipt over to Born Free in accordance with previous court approved settlements wherein future bequests would be recommended be cy pres'd to Born Free. By copy of this email to Mark Williams , an attorney with Bingham McCutcheon LLP in Washington D.C. [Contact information attached to this email] who represents Born Free I will alert him to this possible bequest. Please advise , Nancy, if we can supply you with any additional information or if you wish to discuss. Thanks for your assistance and courtesies. Cordially, Hal Hal Morris Assistant Attorney General Managing Attorney/ Bankruptcy Regulatory Section Office of The Texas Attorney General

(Direct)512 475 4550 hal morris@texasattorneygeneral.gov

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