meeting with you

Rick, thanks for seeing me individually on Friday.

There has not yet been any announcement for EBS. I welcome my new reporting
to Sue Nord, but I would like to see some kind of official note on the new
structure. I would like to know what my budget for Europe is and what the new
procedures are for contracting outside counsels, or consultants.

As you may know, I have recently expressed interest with Anthony Duenner for
the vacant position with EBS Singapore. This mainly because there are more
challenging regulatory issues at hand in the Asia/Pacific region and I have
been able to familiarize myself with some of them, whereas in Europe this is
not the case.

However, there are also some opportunities here, namely supporting Paul
Hennemeyer on a part time basis. This mainly because my previous experience
as competition lawyer might enable me to co-manage some of the court
procedures currently pending. The recruitment for a German person with legal
training only failed recently.

I am basically open to pursue either opportunity, depending on what the
company wants to me to do. My current job is for EBS Europe is not any longer
a full time position, since I have secured all necessary licenses and our
business is widely deregulated.

I copy Sue since I want this to be as transparent as possible & due to
extensive travelling we have not been able to speak.