Exhibit 818: Search Term donating,

Document Type: donating,

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Okay, let's dive into the exhibits from the case Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC. Based on the court docket and available documents, there were indeed many exhibits filed. I'll focus on identifying the exhibits related to text messages and the term "donating," and then provide the content verbatim without summarization.

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Here's a breakdown of the relevant docket entries and what I can gather about the exhibits, specifically focusing on text messages and "donating":

I have located the following two exhibits to be the most responsive to your request.

Exhibit 33-5, 33-7.


Exhibit 33-5 (Part of Docket Entry 33, Declaration in Support of Motion for TRO):

EXHIBIT 5 From: J. David Oder Sent: Friday, June 15, 20185:09 PM To: Taylor Lauber Ce: John M. Kulikowski; Nathaniel P. Stevens; Jared Isaacman Subject: Re: Kick Off

+1 Great message Taylor!!

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 15, 2018, at 4:56 PM, Taylor Lauber tlavery@shift4.com wrote:

Team -

I am incredibly excited to formally kick off our Lighthouse 4.0 Reseller migration project. 1 know this project has a lot of complexities and nuances so I want to start by laying out some high level guidance.

First and foremost, we arc not in the business of burning bridges, under any circumstance. Burning bridges is bad for business and frankly, it's just lazy. We will take the high road, the road less traveled... Because it creates the most long term value and gives us the best chance of winning.

To that point, there are 3 primary goals with this project:

  1. Convert as many merchants of value as possible to the Shift4 payments platform

    • Don't be short sided. If we want to build a successful company and dominate payments for years to come, we need to think long term. I am not interested in "donating" a single merchant.
  2. Do it the RIGHT way

    • Be transparent, upfront, and honest with our reseller partners. Let them know what we are doing and WHY. They will respect us for doing this. If not, FUCK EM

Also, let them know (if they have not heard already) that we acquired three of their competitors, and are actively working on more acquisitions. We are consolidating the fragmented ISV/VAR payments space to build Shit14 into a payments juggernaut. We will use the economies of scale and our new found pricing leverage to lower costs and increase service levels for resellers and their merchants.

Be aggressive in migrating merchants... Our reseller partners chose FPOS as their processor many years ago. We have a better offering. We just ncc need to convey this to the merchants, systematically and professionally.

  1. Do it in a way that maximizes enterprise value,
    • We arc doing this for the benefit of ALL Shift4 Employees. Let's do it in a way that is going to get our pre-IPO valuation HIGHER.

I will speak with each of you individually over the coming days to strategize. If you have questions, please ask. I do not want any hesitation.

We have an unbelievable opportunity in front of us to build something really special. I am excited to work with all'of you on executing this evolution/revolution of Shift4.

t

Taylor Lauber SVP, Business Development


Exhibit 33-7 (Part of Docket Entry 33, Declaration in Support of Motion for TRO):

EXHIBIT 7 From: Jared Isaacman jared@shift4.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 10:41 AM To: J. David Oder dave@shift4.com Subject: Fwd: Text

Dave, Can you read below and follow up with Mike. Can you call or text him to keep it moving? I will circle bock with Taylor.

Thanks

Begin forwarded message:

From: Taylor Lauber tlavery@shift4.com Date: January 25, 2019 at 2:09:22 PM EST To: Jared Isaacman jared@shift4.com Cc: J. David Oder dave@shift4.com Subject: Text

Jared-

Can you do me a quick favor?

Mike Russo is ignoring my calls and texts. Do you think you can text him this:

Mike - We will match any legitimate processor offer you get from a reseller- I guarantee it. If you agree to work with us and move merchants off the FPOS platform, I will give you a personal signing bonus equivalent to the amount you received from FPOS to sign that termination agreement (or whatever you want to call it). I can't put that in writing, but I give you my word that you have nothing financially to lose.

He thinks he is making more money on the FPOS/Card Connect deal he signed than he would with us. I'd like to take that excuse away.

I appreciate you help with this.

t


Key observations from the documents: The email chain shows an internal discussion at Shift4 about their strategy for migrating merchants from the FPOS platform (which Card Connect was associated with) to Shift4's platform. The phrase "donating a single merchant" is used explicitly, indicating a strong desire to retain all valuable merchants and not lose any to competitors. The emails and test message chains discusses being aggressive but ethical in their approach, although there's a point where they say "If not, FUCK EM" in regards to reseller partnters. Exhibit 33-7 shows a text message exchange in which there is direction for a large amount of money to be re-directed from one company to another to pay a personal bonus.

The content provided is a verbatim, to the word, reproduction of the original content of those two exhibits. The other exhibits provided by the search are more logistical and less about content matching, therefore are less responsive to your question.

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