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On behalf of Leon D. Black, I am responding to your letter dated March 31, 2016.
For ease of reference, I enclose a copy of your letter. I further enclose a copy of the
Power of Attorney by which Mr. Black consents to my representation of him in
connection with this audit, as well as a binder with a detailed index that contains the
supporting documentation in response to your questions.
Please allow me to respond to your questions in the order presented.
1. The 2013 gift amount related to the economic benefit of Mr. Black's split
dollar life insurance held in the Leon D. Black 1999 Life Insurance Trust #1
was calculated based on each insurance carrier's published one-year term
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rates. Exhibit A in the enclosed binder contains a schedule from Bryant
Group indicating the 2013 gift amount for each policy held in this trust.
2. As is the case with the insurance held in the Leon D. Black 1999 Life
Insurance Trust #1, the 2013 gift amount related to the economic benefit of
Mr. Black's split dollar life insurance held in the Leon D. Black 1999 Life
Insurance Trust #2 was calculated based on each insurance carrier's published
one-year term rates. Please see Exhibit A in the enclosed binder, described in
the preceding paragraph, for a schedule from Bryant Group indicating the
2013 gift amount for each policy held in this trust.
3. Exhibit B in the enclosed binder is a letter from Scott Nammacher of Empire
Valuation Consultants, LLC, which explains how Empire Valuation
Consultants arrived at a total discount of 15% (representing a combined
minority/marketability discount) for the transfer of a 37.75% Limited
Partnership interest in Black Family Partners, L.P.
4. Please see Exhibit B in the enclosed binder, described in the preceding
paragraph, for an explanation of how Empire Valuation Consultants arrived at
a total discount of 15% (representing a combined minority/marketability
discount) for the transfer of a 34.53% Limited Partnership interest in Black
Family Partners, L.P.
5. The APOI GRAT and APO1 GRAT No. 2 each called for annuity payments
to be made quarter-annually and each GRAT had a two-year tent Each
annuity payment was made in a timely manner and in a combination of a cash
payment and a distribution of interests in Black Family Partners, L.P. Each
distribution of Black Family Partners interests in connection with an annuity
payment, in turn, was supported by an appraisal (and each such appraisal used
the same 15% discount as was used in connection with the initial funding of
the GRATs). For the final annuity payment for each GRAT, because the
value of the assets held in the GRAT had declined during the GRAT term, the
trustee returned all remaining assets to the grantor, and no property passed
under the GRAT to the remainder beneficiary.
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The following is a summary of the annuity payments for the APO1 GRAT.
Date Cash Amount Value of Black Family
Partners Interest (and
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ownership Interests) Total Value of
Annuity Payment
January 24, 2014 $47,000,000.00 $62,808,497.00 $109,808,497.00
(2.5808%)
April 24, 2014 $56,000,000.00 $53,808,497.00 $109,808,497.00
(2.4038%)
July 24, 2014 $35,900,000.00 $73,908,497.00 $109,808,497.00
(3.5009%)
October 24, 2014 $11,700,000.00 $98,108,497.00 $109,808,497.00
(5.2864%)
January 24, 2015 $20,200,000.00 $111,556,087.00 $131,756,087.00
(5.6222%)
April 24, 2015 $15,000,000.00 $116,756,087.00 $131,756,087.00
(6.2891%)
July 24, 2015 $3,680,000.00 $128,076,087.00 $131,756,087.00
(7.1266%)
October 24, 2015 All remaining cash All remaining BFP All remaining
$2,525,730.25 interests property
$81,167,486.00
(4.9402%)
Exhibit C in the enclosed binder includes copies of the banks atements
demonstrating the payment of the cash portion of each annuity for the APOI GRAT.
Exhibit D in the enclosed binder includes copies of the assignment documents for each
distribution of Black Family Partners interests made in connection with the annuity
payments for the APOI GRAT. Exhibit E in the enclosed binder includes copies of the
supporting appraisals for the distributions of Black Family Partners interests that were
made in connection with the annuity payments for the APO1 GRAT.
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The following is a summary of the annuity payments for the APOI GRAT No. 2.
Date Cash Amount Value of Black Family
Partners Interest (and
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ownership Interests) Total Value of
Annuity Payment
March 3, 2014 $27,500,000.00 $63,205,946.50 $90,705,946.50
(2.6640%)
June 3, 2014 $47,700,000.00 $43,005,946.50 $90,705,946.50
(2.1525%)
September 3, $23,900,000.00 $66,805,946.50 $90,705,946.50
2014 (3.5281%)
December 3, 2014 $15,000,000.00 $75,705,946.50 $90,705,946.50
(3.9477%)
March 3, 2015 $17,770,000.00 $91,072,916.00 $108,842,916.00
(4.7350%)
June 3, 2015 $10,062,000.00 $98,780,916.00 $108,842,916.00
(5.0143%)
September 3, $6,482,000.00 $102,360,916.00 $108,842,916.00
2015 (6.0212%)
December 3, 2015 All remaining cash All remaining BFP All remaining
$2,075,249.00 interests property
$97,654,720
(6.4672%)
Exhibit F in the enclosed binder includes copies of the bank s atements
demonstrating the payment of the cash portion of the annuities for the APOI GRAT No.
2. Exhibit G in the enclosed binder includes copies of the assignment documents for each
distribution of Black Family Partners interests made in connection with the annuity
payments for the APO1 GRAT No. 2. Exhibit H in the enclosed binder includes copies
of the supporting appraisals for the distributions of Black Family Partners interests that
were made in connection with the annuity payments for the APO1 GRAT No. 2.
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Again, due to the decline in values, nothing passed to the remainder beneficiaries
from either GRAT. In the end, all trust assets were returned to the grantor.
Sincerely,
Alan Halperin
Enclosures
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