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CC1~7NTY OF C.ARVI.~,R

In lie:

Estate o1' Prince Itc~gers Nelson,Decedent.

DISTRICT CtJURT

FIRS"I' JUDiCIAI, DISTRICTPR0~3~TE DIVISION

~as~; Ty~~e: Special AdminstratianCourt. Fi1~ No; l 0-.PR-16-4G

Judge Kcvixi W. Eide

DECIaARATTUN OF ALAN Y. SILVER

Alan I. Silver .hereby states arad declares ~s follows;

(. i am a~~ attoz-~~ey ana sllarel~c~lder in tllc law fi~-ni of Bas~forfl lt_einele, P.A. I am

one o~tlte attorz~e:ys represeutin~ L. Laridell McMillaia.

2. In my ralc as cou~~sel fir Mr. McMillan, I hive beean a paxty to seveial discussions

regarding the s~.c~~e of a Nan-U sclusurc A~;reeinent ("N:DA") to be si~~ed by Mr. IVIcMilla~~ sc~

that 11e may receive infarn~atic~i~ alid dc~cuinents provided by Cotner c~ to the heirs of the Estatc.

3.

The tlext clay, May I T, 2()17, a praposcd NDA was sent tc~ me by K~re~

Ste:izlert of'the Fi,ed~~ik5oz~ f. rni. A copy c~~ the email front M.s. Steinet~t anci the draft are attached

hereto as Exhi t it A.

4. I3ecausc tl~~ NDA was tc~ tie signed ~~y Mr. 1~IcMillan so t11at he cc~ulct ob#a n

illfor-tl~ation fr~rn C~rn~rica i.~i leis capacity as advisor to Sharon, Noirine ~i~d Ja1v1 Nelson

("SNJ"), counsel f.'or tllcase tlir~ee beneficiaries took the le;aci rile in ciisc~~ssing its terms. ' Attaclle~i

hereto as .exhibit B is an email fi-c~m .Nathaniel Dahl, SNJ's counsel, dated May l 1, 2017 asking

10-PR-16-46 Filed in First Judicial District Court11/17/2017 5:13 PMCarver County, MN

M~. Steinert whether other inc~ivicivals or entities lead entered into the sttme 1'JDA. Ms. Steanert's

respor~ge, also c1~►ted May 11, 2017, i~ also altacl7ed as part of Exh.i~it B.

5. Mr. McMillan hacl a iluinber ~f concerns about the scope and intrusiveness of the

proposed NINA and marked up the Ste next clraf~. Attached lleceto as Exhibit C is an e~~~ail clate~~

May 26, 201 7 its vuh crz Mr. Uahl forwarded N[r. M~Millan's proposed revis c~i~s to Jc~se}~ll

Cassiop~~i. Attacl~eci as Exliih t D is a letter that Mr. Cass oppi Sent to Mr. Dahl ddteci Jui1e 15,

2017.

6. O~~ October 11, 201?, I rec~;ived an email from Joseph Cassioppi (attacllecl Ilcretcs

as Ex~iib t L) iztdicati i~; that Mr. McIvSzllari has col~tactecl Cornerica in his c~jpacity as aclvxs~r to

SNJ asking that 11e be copied an all bus ~ie~s cc~rresponder~ue. Mr. C;assio~~~i's email stated that

he haci ristr~,lcte~i Mr..McM llat~ nvt to cc»~nrnt~nicate directly with Comerica. In this email, Mr.

Gassiop}ai stated that "Mr. Mclblil.l~x~ appears tc~ tuz7damei~tally rr~isunderstand his .limited rile as

an rxdvisar only to three of the Heirs. ... C;o~nerica has its awn eiZtcrtai~xnent ac~visar anc~ is

siii~~ly not intexestc;d in Mr, 1VIcMilla~~,'s u~xsolicited #noughts regard n~; the Estate o ld its assc;ts.

The email below arld sunilar f'utuxe ernails from Mx. McMillan wall b~ disreg~r~ed." 'I`he email

aids with az~ in~iicatiUrl that Ivlr. McMillan- and iVtx. Spice• were required tc~ execute nt~i~-

disclosure a~;reeznents in ti7e foixns sezlt to them ern Elugust 1 ~`~1.

?. Ivty re~pot~se to Mr. Cassiop~ dated t~ctober 12, Zt~17 is ~~ttacllefi hereto as

E.;xhihit F. My letCer refers to ~n email from SN7's counsel 1~tatlia~~ie1 Dahl d~tecl September 2C,

2b17 z~ whicJl lie asked ghat any. commiii~icatians to S1~J on businr;ss in~tters be sent. to Mr.

Mc.tUl ll~~ri. 1 m~ele: it clear on pa,~;~ 2 of any response .that ]VIr. McMillan lead been eiz~;ageci nit

c~rzly tc3 advise S1~6J with. respect to their nwn business dial iig~, but to also rep~-esei7t their

ii~tere;sts i11 t:c~nncction with business deals to be entered into. by t1~e Esta#~. My respo~i~e ~Iso

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noted that changes to t11e i'~UA That Mr, McMillan ha<i rcc~itested and that were sent to Cornc~tica

on May 26 x̀' had nat been accepted by Comerict~.

8. Attached hereto as Exhibits CJ, H and I are a letter from Mr. Gassio~~pi to me gated

(Jctober 16, 201.7 {Ex~iibit G), 1VIr. McMillan°s email to Mr. Cassioppi of nctobei• 19, 2017

(Ex~iihit H) asking t11at lie respond to each of the comments that he prr~vicied in May, and NIr.

Cassioppi's response of 4ctobcr l 9, 2017 t~ me and Robin Ann Williams (~xllibit I) stating that

he does i~ot ultencl t~ ~•esponc~ directly to Mr. McMillan absent instructions fr~1n rrie to c~~ so.

Also attached as Exl~ibrt H is a follow=up email fi-o~ri Mr. Cassioppi to me and robin Williams

~z~ the same clatc. On that dake .I advised Mr. Cassi~ppa that he could deal directly with Mx.

McMillan oi~ issues limited to tl~e scope of .the NDf1. To the best of my understanding, Mr.

Cassie~ppi did not then contact 1VIr. McMillan to discuss .Mr..~eMillan's proposed changes to the

NDA.

I declare under penalty of pe~juiy that everything i have stated in this document is true

anti correct.

l"~Signed ~n N~ve~nber ~, 2.017 in the State of Minnesota, Cc~uxlty cif ~-iennepii~.

Alan I. Silver

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DECLARATItJN OF ALAN I. SILVER

EXHIBIT APORTIUNS FILED UNDER SEAL


DECLARATION OF ALAN I. SILVER

EXHIBIT APORTIONS FILED UNDER SEAL

~rnm: Steinert, KarE:n Sandler [m~ilta:~K`~teinert~C~fredl~w.._c._om]Sent: Tt~ursciay, May 1]., 2017 9:47 AM7'r~: flan I. Silver~c: Nathaniel Dahl (r~dahl hansendordeil.cam); ~assioppi, Jas~pl~i; Greiner, MarkSubject: PRN EsCate -McMillan NDA

Di

Attached please find an NDA for Mr. McMillan,Once you have f ad a chance to review, pease let me know if you have any questions.. fn advance of Mr

McMillan signing, I'd appreciate ifi if you could confirm that Mr. McMillan is providing services to the Nelson siblingskhrough If he is providing; services tllr~u~;h ar~ather entity, we will update theND~ accordingly.

E3~st regards,

Karen S~neiier SteinertFredrikson &Byron, P.A.20Q South Sixth Street, Suits X000Minneapolis, MN 55402612.492.7372 (direct. dial)612.4 2.7077 (fix}


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EXHIBIT B

From; Steinert, Karin SandlerSent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 3:09 PMTo: 'Nathaniel Ddhl'; Gassioppi, JosephCc Greiner, Mark; Randall Sayers; Robin:Rnn Wiftiams; Alan I. Si(verSubject: RE; PRN Estate -McMillan NDJ~

Nate,

Karen Sandler Sten~rtFredrikson &Byron, F'.A.X00 South Sixth Street, Suite 4~Q0Minneapolis, MN 5540612.492.7372 (direct dial)612.492.7077 (fa~c)

.....__ __ _,.., ._.~..~._,_._.~_ ._~. _ ~ ., _. __ r_.TFrom; Nathaniel Dahl Cmailto:ndahl hansendordell.comlSent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 2;55 PMTo: Steinert, Karen Sandler; Cassioppi, JosephCc; Greiner, Mark; Randall Sayers; Rnt~it~'Ann Williams,.Atan I. SilverSubject: RE: PRN Estate -McMillan N(?A

Karen and Joe,.

Gan you confirm whether other individuals or entities have entered into this Non-disclosure Agreement regarding theEsfiate and related matters?

Nate .

Best regards, ,



EXHIBIT CP4RTIC~NS FILED UNDER SEAL



EXHIBIT CPORTIONS FILED UNDER SEAL

From: Nathaniel L7ahlSent: Friday, May 26, 2Q 1.7 3:31 PMTo: 'Cassioppi, JosE~ph' ~JC~assioppi(c~fredl~w.cam>Cc: 'Alan !. Si#ver' ~ASlLVER,~k~assfard.com>; Ranc{aEl Sayers ersavers~hansendordell.com>; Robin Ann Wil{ ams~rawilliamsC~bassford.com>Subject: McMiNan NDA

Joe,

Please see the attached comments from Mr, McMillan regarding the proposed NDA and submit a revised proposal.Alternatively, a revised NDA could be p►•eparec! far you as well. Of note, we'll also need to change the references to n7yclients to "heirs" instead of "non-excluded heirs."

Also, please be sure to copy AE diver and Robin Williamson any subsequent drafts.

hope you find time la er7joy the holiday weekend.

[3est,

Nate

N~fihaniel A. DahlAttorney at Law

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3900 Northwoods Drive, Suite 1.5(3 ~ Si. ~'aui, MN S(~ i 11[)irect: 659-332-8763 (Offic,e; 651-482-8Q00 ~ 1=ax: 651-~tE37-SJ0~3www:h~r~sencioi clell.cvm

Ne~tice: The information traFismitted is only far the pQrson or entity to which it i~; addressed and may contain confidential andlor privileged material, Any reuiew, retransmission,dissemination or other use uf, or taking of any aclivn in relianee upon, thi, information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received thisin error, pla;ase contact the sender ;end delete the material from ary curnputer.

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EXHIBIT D

From: Cassioppi, Joseph <)C~ssirappiC~?Fredlaw.com>Sent. Thursday, June 15, 2017 5:.13 PMTa: Nat~7aniel Dal~ICc: Alan I. Silver; Randall Sayers, Robin Ann 1Ni(liams; Greiner, Mark; Steinert, Karen SandlerSutsject: RE: McMillan NDA

Nate:

Now that w~ are finished with the hearing from earlier this week, we wanfieci to turn-beck tc~ the NDA betweenCnmeriea and Mr. McMillan. Camerica uses a form NDA in connection with the many parties tc~ whom iC providesconfider~ti~l information related t~ the Estate and cannot be in a position where iC is forced to negotiate all of the termsof the NDA every time it enters into such an agreement. Indeed, Mr. McMillan's proposed edits seek to completely re-write the agreement,

Please let us know if Mr. McMillan is wiNing to agree to the Estate's standard NDA {with the edits set forth above).

Thank you,

]os~ph ~. CassioppiFredri/~on &Byron, P.A.200 South Sixth Street, Suite 40g0Minneapolis, MN 55402-1425Direct D~~h C12.49~.7414Whin Phone: 61L2.492.7CtOQFax: 612.492.7077

**This is a transmission from Che taw firm of Fredrikson &Syron, P.A. and may contain information which is privileged, confidential, andprotected by -the attnrrrey-client err attorney work ~toduct privileges. xf you are not the addressee, note that any disclosure, copy9ng,rlistrihution, or use. of the contents of this message is prohibitQd. If you have received this transmission in error,. please destroy ii and notify usimmediately at our telephone nurnuer (622) 492.7t}Q0. The name anc! biographical data provhie8 Above are for informational purposes onlyand are not intended to be a signs#ure or otherindication of an intent by the sender to auth~nfiicate the contents of this electronic message.**

From: Nathaniel Dahl. ̀ mailto;.nclahl(a~h~ns~nciarcielf.com] .. . .Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 3:.31 PMTo: Cc35510~p1, JosephCc; Alai I, Silver; Rar7dall Sayers; Rabin Anr~ WiliiarnsSubject: McMillan NSA

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Comerica does recognize that Mr. McMillan, in his male as an advisor to certain heirs, needs to be able to speak freelywith his clients regarding matters relevant to the ~~tate and also should not be prevented, based on the NDA, frompresentii~~ any information to the Court (pravideci that any confidential infc~rrr~ation provided to the Court be submitted


Please see the attached coma}eats ~rc~m Mr. tvlcMillan regarding the prnpnsed NDA and submit a revised proposal.l~lternatively, a revised. NDA could be prepared ft~r you as well. Of note, we'({ aisa need to change the references to myclients to "heirs" instead of "non-excluded heirs."

Also, please ~e sure to copy AI Silver and Rabin Williams on any subsequent drafts.

hope yat~ find time to enjoy the holiday weekend.

Best,

Nate

Nathaniel A. DahlAttorney at Law

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3900 Rlorthwoods Drive, Suita 750 ~ St. Paul, MN 55112C?irect: 651-332-8763 ~ O~ca: B51-A82-89DQ j fax: 651-482-8909UnrJv~~. harisei7dnrdell. com

Notice: ̀ i'he infonnatian kransmitt~d is only for tMe person or entity f4 which it is addressed and may contain contid~ntial and/or privileged material. Any reyjew, retransmission,dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance ~porl„ th(s information by persons or errtities other than fhe intended recipient Is prohibited. If you received thisin error, pease contact the sender and delete the maic~rial from any computer.

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DECLARATION t)F ALAN I. SILVER

EXHIBIT EFILED UNDER SEAL



EXHIBIT EFILED UNDER SEAL


EXHIBIT FFILED UNDER SEAL



EXHIBIT FFILED UNDER SEAL


EXHIBIT GFILED .UNDER SEAL



EXHIBIT GFILED UNDER SEAL


EXHIBIT H

from: L Landell McMillin tllm~thenorthsfiargroup.biz>Sent: T~7ursday, C?ct~ber 19, 2017 2:~Q F'MTo: Cassioppi, Joseph; Aycack, Angela W; Bruee, AndreaCc: Alan I. Silver; Knbin Ann Williams; Chrysta! Matthews; Henry Sherwin; Nathaniel L~~hl;

itandall layers; sharan nelson; Charles F. Spicer Jr.Subject: Comerica's NDA and Communications with SNJAttachrn~nts: Ociober 16 2017 latter to RI Silver-c.pdf

Hello Joe,

I airy iri reeei~t of your 10/161ett~:r to Al Silver. dearly, you acid my counsel differ oil xny ethical duties (in aprocecdiz~g I am ii~t servzia~ as an attarraey), my z-ole as Sharon, Norrine anal John Nelson's bu5iil~ss manageranc~ adv sc~r~ its these proceedi~~gs, a~ad the right I have to speak directly with the Pe~-sanal Repres~~ltative «f thisPrince Estate. While I will leave the 1G~;al dispute to you and my counsel Al Silver and Robizl ~~ lli~ns, Iremain available to t~•y and resolve the outstanding ND.A issues that allows SNJ to be advised on importantestate [~ti~siness i~nattez's.

While I look f«rward to entering a reasonable NDf1., the lan~,7uage of the c~r•a~t NINA you offer on behalf ofCo.merica is ~v~r-hrc~acl and simply inapplicable to me at~d my ir►d victual circtrt~~5tazzces ~ivc,n the fact that Ipossess inforta~atiotl az~d knovvled~e coilcernizi~ Prince Rogers Nelson tc~i• over adecade -- ~~ot a dart c>f tlxesePrince estate business cancer7is. I even have my own files rel~~te~ t~ Prince anc~ my business with him. luewere pai-k~~ers at times and I served as hip attorney ai d manager at di E'ferenk points iii time at his request.

12athea~ th~~i~ nc~t proceed fo~•ward as directed by the Couz-t, it seems reasonable to have you respond to ~ac;l1 of~zzy cc~i~rn~:a~ts I ~rc~vide;d ba~;k in May and a11ow me the vp~~rtu~iity to res~~Ui~d. ShUuld you or Gamerica v~lishtc~ }gave a confc.rerace call to resolve the. matte-, we can do sa, The adversarial cc~ntentioii anci delayscc~m~nut~icati~g with SNJ's business advisers have nat been bene~ci~l to the. Prince Estate; SNJ aazld I wish. icytso.lvc it tc~ciay, if ~aassiblu.

Regards,

Loncic;ll

L. Lc~ncic;ll McMillanThe Nc~r~thStar GroupC:hai~~tna»240 W. 35th, Suite 405ItiTcw York, NY 1001.

T: (C~46) 55~?-8314F: (64C} 559-~3 l $E: lim(~thcnorthstar coup biz



EXHIBIT I

Alan Y, Silver

Frown: Cassioppi, Joseph <JCassioppiC~fredlaw.cam>Sent: Thursday, October 7:9, ?0:17 2:43 PMTa Alan I. Silver; Rabin Ann WilliamsCc: Greiner, M~~kSubject: FW: Comerica's N(7A and Communications with SN1Atta~hmen#s: Oc#ober 16 2Q17 Letter to A! Silver-c-c.pdf

AI &Rabin:

i see that you are copied on your client's email below, but I just wanted to assure you that ! da not intend to responddirectly to Mr. McMillan absent instructions from you to da so.

Jcaseph 7. CassioppiFredriksan &Byron, P.A.200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4g00Minneapolis, MN 5:5402-1425Qireck Dials 612.492.7414Main ~hnne: 612.492.?Ott~tFax: 612.492.7077'

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From: L Londell McMillan [maiito:llm~a~thenarthstargrou .biz]Sent: Thursday, Qckab~r 19, 2017 2:4Q PMTo: Cassioppi, Joseph; Aycock, Angela W; Bruce,. Andre+Cc; Alan I. Silver; Robin Ann Williams; Chrystai Matthews; Nenry Sherwin; Nathaniel l~~h(; Randal{ Sayers; Sharon nelson;Charles F. Spicer Jr.Subject: Comerica's NDA and Communications with SNJ

Vella Jae,

I an~i~1 receipt of your 10116 letter to Al Silver. Clearly, ya~~ and my counsel differ on my ethical duties (in aprocec;ciing I am not scrvin~; gas an flttorney), i~1y rc~ie as Sl~~r~n, Nazrine and JolZz7 Nelson's business maria~erand advisor in these C~raceedin~s, acid the ri~lzt I have to speak directly with the Personal Representative Uf thisI'ri~~ce Estate, While I will leave. the legal dispute to you find any counsel Al Silver end Rabin Williams, Irelnaia.~ available to tt-y and resolve the oL~tstan~iing NUA issues that allows SNJ to be advised on iin~rta~ltestate busir~e~s matters:

While I lock forward to entering a rers~nable NINA, the langr~a~;e ofth~. craft NDA you offer nn behalf of(~o~xlerica is aver-broad and six~ply inap}~licabl~ tc~ ins an~3 .my inclivit~uai circumstances given the fact that. Ipr~s~ess iz~fa~~ination ~jnci ki~owled~e concerning Prince Rc~~;ers Nelso~z fax ~vec a decade -- not a ~a~-t cif thesePrince I:;state busi.t~ess cvnceri~s. I euen have my own files related to Ps•ince aixa nay busii~~:ss with him. Weu~e~•e partl~ers at times a~ad [ serge cl as his attorney anc~ manager at different paints in time at his request.

Rather than riot proceed foz-ward its c~ir•ec:ted by the Court, it s~ eins reasonable to 11avc you respond to each ofrriy camlxtf;~lts I k~rovidcd back in May az~d allow m~ tl~e c~~portunity to respond. Should you ar Cait~erica wishto l~av~ a conference c.a11 t~~ resolve the inattec, eve ca» da so. '.l~he; adversarial ct»ltention and delays


cc~aaril~u~7icati~lg with SI~tJ's business sicl~risols leave nit t een beneficial to the Prince Estate; ST~iJ aa~zd t ~vis.l~ tc~t~es~~lvu it ic7cl~ly, ifu~~sbl~.

f2 e:~at•ds,

Landoll

I.,. La11de11 McMillan't"he Nc~rthStar GroupCllaix-ir~an24tJ W. 35th, Suite 4(~5New York, N~' 10001

T: (G46) SS9W8314

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