So-Han Spivey — Direct/Cross/Redirect (Continued)
1,576 linesJUDGE DAVILA: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. IN JUST A MOMENT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, I DO WANT TO -- I AM GOING TO READ YOU AN INSTRUCTION AGAIN. I WANT TO READ THIS INSTRUCTION NOW. I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH COUNSEL, AND I THINK IT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO READ TO YOU AN INSTRUCTION. YOU WILL RECEIVE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS AT THE END OF THE CASE, BUT FOR NOW I'D LIKE TO READ THIS INSTRUCTION TO YOU. THE PUNISHMENT PROVIDED BY LAW FOR THIS CRIME IS FOR THE COURT TO DECIDE. YOU MAY NOT CONSIDER PUNISHMENT IN DECIDING WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROVED ITS CASE AGAINST MS. HOLMES BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO HAN SPIVEY.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU.
(GOVERNMENT'S WITNESS, SO HAN SPIVEY, WAS PREVIOUSLY SWORN.)
JUDGE DAVILA: I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE WITNESS, YOU'RE STILL UNDER OATH, MS. SPIVEY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR.
DIRECT EXAMINATION (RESUMED) BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: MS. SPIVEY, WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT HAD BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 578 AND THERANOS'S BALANCE SHEET AND INCOME STATEMENT FROM 2010 AND 2009. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: I'D LIKE TO NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 615. YOUR HONOR, I UNDERSTAND THE PARTIES STIPULATE TO THE ADMISSION OF 615?
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS EXHIBIT 615?
MR. LEACH: YES, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THAT WILL BE ADMITTED BY STIPULATION. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 615 WAS ADMITTED.)
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
MR. LEACH: IF I COULD PLEASE -- MS. HOLLIMAN, IF YOU WOULD ZOOM INTO THE TOP HALF OF THE EMAIL. WONDERFUL. DO YOU SEE THIS EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND TO REFRESH US, DANISE YAM WAS THE NAME YOU WERE USING AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE AT THERANOS AS THE CORPORATE CONTROLLER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU SEE ELIZABETH HOLMES NAME IN THE TO LINE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE'S AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS EMAIL. IT SAYS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS TEMPLATE-THERANOS.PDF; AND THEN FS 12/31/11. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT 12/31/11 REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: DECEMBER 31, 2011.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES FS REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
MR. LEACH: AND ARE YOU PROVIDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE TIME PERIOD 2011 TO MS. HOLMES DURING THIS EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IF WE COULD GO TO PAGE 4, MS. HOLLIMAN. AND IF WE COULD PLEASE ZOOM IN ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE DOCUMENT. UP AT THE TOP, MS. SPIVEY, IT SAYS THERANOS INC. AND SUBSIDIARY CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS.
MR. LEACH: AND TO THE RIGHT THERE ARE TWO COLUMNS FOR 2011 AND 2012. WHAT DO THOSE CONVEY. I'M SORRY, 2011 AND 2010. WHAT DO THOSE COLUMNS CONVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE INCOME FOR THE YEAR OF 2010 AND 2011.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND DID YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE PROVIDING ACCURATE INFORMATION TO THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THERANOS'S 2011 AND 2010 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE'S A LINE FOR REVENUE. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT IS REVENUE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE INCOME THAT THE COMPANY GETS FOR PROVIDING SERVICES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT WAS THERANOS'S REVENUE FOR 2010?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: $1,401,305.
MR. LEACH: AND THE REVENUE FOR 2011, WHAT WAS THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: $518,248.
MR. LEACH: FURTHER DOWN IN THE INCOME STATEMENT THERE'S A LINE FOR NET LOSS. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THE NET LOSS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT IS THE COMPANY THAT -- THAT'S THE MONEY THAT THE COMPANY LOST FOR THAT YEAR.
MR. LEACH: SO THE NET LOSS FOR 2011 IS APPROXIMATELY $27.66 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE LOSS FOR 2010 WAS APPROXIMATELY $16.2 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IF WE COULD GO TO PAGE 3, PLEASE. AND IF WE CAN ZOOM IN, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN ON THE TEXT ON PAGE 3 ALL OF THE WAY DOWN TO THE MIDDLE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU SEE AT THE TOP WHERE IT SAYS CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 2011 AND 2010?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A LINE ROUGHLY FOUR FROM THE BOTTOM CALLED THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT. DOWN A LITTLE. RIGHT THERE (INDICATING). THANK YOU, MS. HOLLIMAN. DO YOU SEE THAT LINE, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS MEANT BY ACCUMULATED DEFICIT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE ACCUMULATED LOSSES FOR THE COMPANY SINCE INCEPTION.
MR. LEACH: SO WHAT WAS THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT FOR THERANOS IN 2010?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 76.5 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT MEANS SINCE INCEPTION THE COMPANY LOST 76.5 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: WHEN YOU SAY "INCEPTION" THAT'S 2003, 2004?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT FOR THERANOS AS THE YEAR ENDED 2011?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 104 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: IF I CAN NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 792. I BELIEVE THE PARTIES STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF THIS EXHIBIT.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 792 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: AND IF I COULD, LET'S START, MS. HOLLIMAN, WITH THE TOP PORTION OF THE EMAIL IF WE COULD. THANK YOU. DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME IN THE FROM LINE, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU SEE MS. HOLMES NAME IN THE TO LINE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU SEE THE DATE FEBRUARY 12TH, 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE ARE TWO ATTACHMENTS TO THIS EMAIL. ONE IS TITLED FS 2012.XLSX. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES FS STAND FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
MR. LEACH: AND THE 2012, WHAT DOES THAT REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YEAR 2012.
MR. LEACH: IS THAT A DOCUMENT THAT YOU PREPARED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND THE SUBJECT OF THIS EMAIL CHAIN IS STANFORD. DO YOU SEE THAT? OR IT INCLUDES THE NAME STANFORD. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT RELATIONSHIP DID THERANOS HAVE WITH STANFORD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: STANFORD IS A LANDLORD TO THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: AND IF I COULD NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM PORTION OF PAGE 1, THE EMAIL THAT EXPANDS -- THAT GOES OVER PAGE 1 TO PAGE 2. MS. HOLLIMAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SHOW ALL OF THAT. DO YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS, "SOME TIME AGO WE MET WITH STANFORD AND SHARED SOME FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN A TEMPLATE THEY REQUESTED"?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IN THIS EMAIL WERE YOU ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE TRUE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THERANOS'S FINANCIAL CONDITION TO MS. HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 6 OF THE DOCUMENT OF THE EXHIBIT. P. AND I'D LIKE TO DISPLAY THE NATIVE FILE, IF WE COULD, MS. HOLLIMAN. MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU SEE THE TABS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM BS, IS, CF, AND TB?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DO THOSE REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: BS IS BALANCE SHEETS, IS IS INCOME STATEMENT, AND CF IS CASH FLOW STATEMENT, AND TB IS TRIAL BALANCE.
MR. LEACH: AND PLEASE, LET'S START WITH THE BALANCE SHEET. WERE YOU TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MS. HOLMES ABOUT THE COMPANY'S ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY IN THIS DOCUMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: UP IN ROW 5 AND 6 THERE WILL DATES, AND THERE IS A LINE WITH THREE ZEROS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE THREE ZEROS MEANS FOR US?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT MEANS THAT THOSE NUMBERS PRESENTED IS IN THOUSANDS.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CASH FOR YEAR END DECEMBER 31ST, 2012, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $51 MILLION, NOT $51,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE COULD GO TO THE LINE FOR THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT DOWN BELOW LINE 32. WHAT WAS THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT FOR THERANOS AS OF DECEMBER 2012?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: APPROXIMATELY 161 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: NOW IF WE COULD PLEASE GO TO THE TAB IS. WERE YOU TRYING TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO MS. HOLMES IN THIS TAB?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DOES THIS INCOME STATEMENT COVER THE TIME PERIOD 2002 AND THE FIRST MONTH OF 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE APPEAR TO BE FOUR ROWS TO THE LEFT: OPERATING LOSS, INTEREST AND OTHER INCOME, NET, INTEREST EXPENSE, AND NET LOSS. DO YOU SEE THOSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S NO LINE FOR REVENUE IN THIS SPREADSHEET. WHY IS THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REVENUE FOR THE COMPANY.
MR. LEACH: SO THERE WAS NO REVENUE FOR THE COMPANY AT ALL IN 2012?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. LEACH: AND FOR THE YEAR 2012 THERE'S THE NUMBER IN RED, PARENTHESIS, 57,111. WHAT DOES THAT SIGNIFY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE COMPANY, ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT IN MILLIONS OR IN THOUSANDS OR SOME OTHER NUMBER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S 57 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: THAT WAS THE NET LOSS FOR 2012?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. THANK YOU. WE CAN TAKE THAT DOWN, MS. HOLLIMAN. MS. SPIVEY, YOU SHOULD HAVE A BINDER IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 1901. DO YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE AN EMAIL THAT YOU AUTHORED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE ARE TWO NAMES AT THE TOP, MARK KUCHARSKI AND DENNIS ONDYAK. WHO ARE THEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THEY ARE THE ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE TAX FIRM THAT THERANOS USED.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU WORK WITH THOSE ACCOUNTANTS AT THE TAX FIRM IN ORDER TO PREPARE ACCURATE TAX RETURNS ON BEHALF OF THERANOS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE'S A NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS TO THIS EMAIL. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT ARE THESE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THESE ARE THE SCHEDULE AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT THERANOS PROVIDED TO ACCOUNTANTS SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE THE TAX RETURN.
MR. LEACH: WERE THESE EXCEL FILES MADE AT OR NEAR THE TIME IN ORDER TO PREPARE ACCURATE TAX RETURNS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU KEEP THESE DOCUMENTS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND WAS IT YOUR REGULAR PRACTICE TO PREPARE THESE DOCUMENTS SO THAT THERANOS COULD ACCURATELY REPORT ITS INCOME AND EXPENSES TO THE I.R.S.?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: ONE OF THE EXCEL SPREADSHEETS IS -- OR ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS IS TITLED TB 12/31/13. IT'S THE SECOND ONE FROM THE BOTTOM. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES TB STAND FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TRIAL BALANCE.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THAT TRIAL BALANCE FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 2013.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU PREPARE THAT TRIAL BALANCE AND MAINTAIN THAT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU PREPARE IT BASED ON DATA FROM THE QAD SYSTEM?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: YOUR HONOR, I OFFER EXHIBIT 1901 AND THE ATTACHMENTS TB 12-31-13.
JUDGE DAVILA: ANY OBJECTION?
MR. WADE: WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE TRIAL BALANCE. WE OBJECT TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF UNDER 401 AND 805.
JUDGE DAVILA: DO YOU WISH TO RESPOND?
MR. LEACH: IT'S THE STATEMENT OF AN AGENT.
JUDGE DAVILA: I THINK IT QUALIFIES UNDER 803, SO I'LL ADMIT IT.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 1901 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: IF YOU COULD PLEASE DISPLAY IT. MS. KRATZMANN, IF I COULD USE THE ELMO?
COURT CLERK: YES.
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: MS. SPIVEY, WHILE MY LAPTOP IS REBOOTING LET ME ORIENT HERE EVERYONE ON 1901. DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME IN THE FROM LINE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: DENNIS ONDYAK AND MARK KUCHARSKI, THEY'RE WITH THE TAX PREPARATION FIRM?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND I WAS DRAWING YOUR ATTENTION TO TB 12/31/13. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 59. DO YOU SEE THE TITLE THERANOS INC. AND SUBSIDIARY AT THE TOP?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS THE INCOME STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2013, 2012, 2011, AND 2010?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT WAS THE REVENUE FOR THERANOS FOR 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ZERO.
MR. LEACH: AND DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE'S A NET LOSS OF $92,367,725. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT SIGNIFY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR.
MR. LEACH: FOR THE YEAR 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, MS. SPIVEY. WE CAN PUT THAT DOCUMENT TO THE SIDE. LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS 5206. I BELIEVE WE STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF 5206.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5206 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS, YOUR HONOR?
JUDGE DAVILA: YES.
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: (HANDING.) MS. SPIVEY, I'M PLACING ON THE SCREEN THE FIRST PAGE OF EXHIBIT 5206. DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME IN THE FROM LINE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS TO MS. HOLMES AND MR. BALWANI?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THE SUBJECT OF THIS EMAIL IS 409A -- OR 409A VALUATION ANALYSIS. WHAT IS A 409A VALUATION ANALYSIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE I.R.S. TAX CODE FOR THE VALUATION FOR OPTIONS.
MR. LEACH: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE OPTION THAT WE GIVE TO EMPLOYEES, DIRECTOR, CONSULTANTS, AND THEY CAN BUY COMPANY STOCK AT A PREDETERMINED PRICE.
MR. LEACH: AND WHY WAS IT NECESSARY FOR THERANOS TO VALUE THESE STOCK OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO THE COMPANY KNOWS WHAT THE PREDETERMINED PRICE SHOULD BE.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND IN THIS EMAIL YOU ARE WRITING TO MS. HOLMES, "ATTACHED PLEASE FIND THE LATEST 409A REPORT. THE VALUE GOES UP FROM $1.56 (FROM $1.44 IN DECEMBER) DUE TO THE LATEST FUNDING IN FEB AND MARCH 2015." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY "THE LATEST FUNDING IN FEB AND MARCH OF 2015"?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: LOOKING AT THIS EMAIL I BELIEVE THERE WAS A ROUND OF FINANCING TO RAISE MONEY IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF 2015.
MR. LEACH: RAISE MONEY FROM WHOM?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: INVESTORS.
MR. LEACH: AND DOES THE COMPANY RECORD ANY TYPE OF EXPENSE RELATED TO ITS STOCK OPTIONS IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DOES THAT HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE 409A VALUATION ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT FOR US, PLEASE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO EACH OPTION -- SO THE COMPANY WILL -- WHEN THE COMPANY GRANT AN OPTION, THIS PART IS CONSIDERED AN EXPENSE ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO IT'S BASED ON THE -- HOW MUCH EXPENSE THE COMPANY RECOGNIZED IS BASED ON THE VALUE.
MR. LEACH: AND ARE YOU PROCURING THIS REPORT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THAT VALUE RIGHT IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 14. I UNDERSTAND FROM MS. HOLLIMAN THAT WE CAN HAVE IT DISPLAYED WITHOUT THE ELMO. WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE PAGE 14 ON THE SCREEN, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THERE'S A NAME AT THE BOTTOM, ARANCA. WHAT IS ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ARANCA IS THE INDEPENDENT FIRM THAT PROVIDE THE VALUATION SERVICE TO THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT WAS ARANCA ENGAGED TO DO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: LIKE THE ENGAGEMENT WOULD LET THERANOS KNOW WHAT THE FAIR VALUE OF THE COMMON STOCK SHOULD BE.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. DID YOU DO YOUR BEST TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU CONSULT WITH MS. HOLMES ABOUT THE INFORMATION YOU WERE PROVIDING TO ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: BECAUSE SHE HAS THE BEST INFORMATION ON WHAT THE COMPANY PROJECTION AND FORECAST IS.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION DID YOU PROVIDE TO ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE THE HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AND THE PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THE CAPITALIZATION RECORD FOR THE COMPANY.
MR. LEACH: WHEN YOU SAY "PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS," WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT MEANS WHAT THE COMPANY FORECAST FOR THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THAT -- LIKE THE REVENUE, AND EXPENSES, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, ET CETERA.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. HOLMES ABOUT WHAT FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS TO PROVIDE TO ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE, MORE THAN ONE DISCUSSION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IF WE COULD ZOOM OUT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE WHERE IT SAYS, "THERANOS INC., FMV OF COMMON STOCK AS OF MARCH 25, 2015." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS FMV?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FAIR MARKET VALUE.
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE CAN PLEASE GO TO PAGE 17. AND IF WE COULD PLEASE ZOOM IN ON SECTION 1.1, THE BACKGROUND. MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS, "ARANCA, INC., ('ARANCA') HAS BEEN ENGAGED BY THERANOS'S INC., ('THERANOS' OR "THE COMPANY') TO CONDUCT VALUATION ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY AND PREPARE A WRITTEN REPORT TO EXPRESS OUR OPINION ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE (FMV) OF ITS COMMON STOCK." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT A FAIR SUMMARY OF WHAT ARANCA WAS ENGAGED TO DO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: NOW, IF WE COULD GO OUT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN, AND LOOK AT SECTION 1.2, THE FIRST BULLET OR THE FIRST FOUR WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO YOU SEE IN THE FIRST BULLET WHERE IT SAYS, "WE UNDERSTAND THIS REPORT AND ITS CONCLUSIONS WOULD BE USED BY THE COMPANY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOLELY IN CONNECTION WITH DETERMINING THE EXERCISE PRICE FOR GRANTING OPTIONS TO ITS EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH IRC SECTION 409A." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WAS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AT THE TIME WHEN ARANCA WAS PREPARING THIS REPORT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IN THE FOURTH BULLET IT SAYS, "IN PREPARING OUR ANALYSIS, DANISE YAM, CORPORATE CONTROLLER, PROVIDED INFORMATION REGARDING THERANOS'S BUSINESS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OPERATIONS, PAST PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL RESULTS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND BUDGET." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IS THAT ACCURATE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IN THE COURSE OF DOING THAT, DID YOU CONSULT WITH MS. HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU. MS. HOLLIMAN, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO TO PAGE 19. AND IF WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THE TOP PART. GREAT. MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS, "DURING THE COURSE OF OUR ANALYSIS WE HAVE CONDUCTED LIMITED REVIEWS, INQUIRIES, AND INTERVIEWS." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IN BULLET NUMBER 2 IT SAYS, "REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IS THAT ACCURATE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND HOW ABOUT NUMBER 3, "REVIEW OF FORECASTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS." IS THAT ACCURATE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IF WE CAN ZOOM OUT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN, AND NOW GO TO PAGE 2, THE NEXT PAGE. AND IF WE CAN ZOOM IN ON THE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. THANK YOU. DO YOU SEE A SIGNATURE ON THIS, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE NAME IS HEMENDRA ARAN. IS THAT THE PERSON FROM ARANCA WHO YOU WORKED WITH IN PART TO PREPARE THIS VALUATION ANALYSIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: HOW LONG DID THERANOS USE ARANCA FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THEY USED IT BEFORE I JOINED THE COMPANY.
MR. LEACH: AND YOU JOINED WHEN? CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 2006.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. IF WE COULD PLEASE GO TO PAGE 20. I'M SORRY, PAGE 23, MS. HOLLIMAN. WONDERFUL. IF WE COULD PLEASE ZOOM IN ON THE TABLE AT THE TOP. DO YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IN THIS TABLE THERE'S A LIST OF CLASS OF STOCK. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S SERIES A, B, C, C-1, C-1 WITH AN ASTERISK, AND C-2. WHAT DO THOSE REPRESENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT SERIES OF PREFERRED STOCK.
MR. LEACH: HOW DOES SERIES A DIFFER FROM SERIES B?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT WAS DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE INVESTMENT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. IS IT FAIR TO ASSUME FROM THIS THAT THE C-2 SERIES COMES LATER THAN THE SERIES A INVESTORS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE SERIES C-2. THERE'S AN ISSUE PRICE OF $17 IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT. WHAT DOES THAT $17 REPRESENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT EACH SHARE OF THE PREFERRED STOCK C-2 COSTS $17.
MR. LEACH: IS THAT THE PRICE PER SHARE THAT INVESTORS WERE PAYING FOR C-2 INVESTMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND TO THE RIGHT THERE'S A COLUMN FOR INVESTED CAPITAL, $730,109,863. WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THERANOS RECEIVED FROM THE C-2 INVESTORS.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND ROUGHLY WHAT TIME PERIOD WAS THE C-2 FINANCING ROUND?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: PROBABLY 2014, 2015.
MR. LEACH: SO LATER ON IN THE COMPANY'S TENURE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. LET'S PLEASE GO NOUN TO PAGE 54. ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S FURTHER DOWN, WHICH I'M LOOKING FOR SECTION 7.2, MS. HOLLIMAN, WHICH I'LL GET YOU. PAGE 67. MY APOLOGIES. IF WE COULD ZOOM IN, PLEASE, ON THE TOP HALF OF THIS WHERE THERE'S HISTORICAL FINANCIALS INCOME STATEMENT. THANK YOU. DO YOU SEE WHERE IT SAYS 7.2.1 INCOME STATEMENT, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S A ROW SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT IN 3 ZEROS, DECEMBER 11TH, DECEMBER 12TH, AND THEN IT MOVES FORWARD. ARE THOSE THE YEAR ENDS FOR THOSE INCOME STATEMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND BENEATH THAT IT SAYS F Y-A. WHAT DOES FY-A MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FINANCIAL YEAR ACTUAL.
MR. LEACH: SO THOSE ARE THE REAL RESULTS AS COMPARED TO PROJECTED RESULTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU DO YOUR BEST TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION TO ARANCA ON THESE POINTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IN DECEMBER OF '14 THERE'S A NUMBER 150. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE INCOME THAT THE COMPANY RECORDED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED.
MR. LEACH: SO $150,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND TO THE RIGHT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 15TH THERE'S THE NUMBER 14. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE REVENUE THAT THE COMPANY RECORDED FOR SERVICES PROVIDED.
MR. LEACH: $14,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: $14,000, YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND DO YOU RECALL THINGS GETTING MATERIALLY BETTER FOR THE YEAR 2015?
MR. LEACH: I'M SORRY?
MR. LEACH: LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. PAGE 68. THERE'S A BALANCE SHEET AT THE TOP. ACTUALLY, IF WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE TEXT, MS. HOLLIMAN. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DID YOU PROVIDE THIS BALANCE SHEET, THE INFORMATION IN THIS BALANCE SHEET TO ARANCA, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM THERE'S A LINE FOR SOMETHING CALLED RETAINED EARNINGS. DO YOU SEE THAT ROW, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS RETAINED EARNINGS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE ACCUMULATED INCOME AND LOSS FOR THE YEAR.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT SYNONYMOUS WITH ACCUMULATED DEFICIT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE TERM THAT WE SAW IN PRIOR SPREADSHEETS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT WAS THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT OR RETAINED EARNINGS AS OF DECEMBER 2014 --
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I --
MR. LEACH: IF WE COULD ZOOM OUT FOR THE WITNESS.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: APPROXIMATELY 376 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: AND THAT'S THE ACCUMULATED DEFICIT AS OF 2013? OR 2014, EXCUSE ME?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. THANK YOU. WE CAN TAKE THIS DOWN, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN. I'D LIKE TO SHIFT FOCUS A LITTLE BIT FROM THERANOS'S OVERALL FINANCIAL CONDITION AND TALK ABOUT SOME PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIPS THAT THERANOS HAD, MS. SPIVEY. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE, TO EXHIBIT 431. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF 431.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 431 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: LET'S FOCUS ON THE TOP PORTION OF THIS EMAIL, MS. SPIVEY. DO YOU SEE YOUR FORMER NAME IN THE TOP PART OF THE EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THIS IS TO AN INDIVIDUAL AT KPMG. REMIND US, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KPMG LAST WEEK, WHAT WAS KPMG DOING FOR THERANOS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: KPMG WAS THE AUDITOR TO THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND THE SUBJECT IS FOR PFIZER REV REC. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS REV REC?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT'S REVENUE RECOGNITION.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT MEANS HOW MUCH MONEY THAT THE -- REVENUE THAT THE COMPANY CAN RECORD FOR THE YEAR.
MR. LEACH: AND WHY WERE YOU FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO KPMG IN OR AROUND 2011?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THIS IS TO BACK UP THE REVENUE THAT THE COMPANY RECORDED IN THE FINANCIAL BOOK.
MR. LEACH: REVENUE RELATING TO WHICH CUSTOMER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: PFIZER.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST EMAIL IN THIS CHAIN. IF I CAN ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT, MS. HOLLIMAN. MAYBE THE TOP HALF OF THE DOCUMENT WOULD BE GOOD. DO YOU SEE THE EMAIL FROM ELIZABETH HOLMES TO AIDAN POWER AND CRAIG LIPSET ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2008?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHO DO YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE FOLKS TO BE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHO DO YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE FOLKS TO BE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU BELIEVE THEM TO BE WITH PFIZER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. THERE'S A NAME IN THE CC LINE MARC THIBONNIER. WHO IS HE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: HE'S THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT THAT TIME.
MR. LEACH: BACK IN 2008?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND MS. HOLMES WROTE IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, "IN THE INTEREST OF FINISHING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, WE VARIED THE ENROLLMENT SCHEDULES OF SOME OF OUR EXISTING AND NEW PATIENTS, AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE ATTACHED. "THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN COMPILING THE DATA FOR OUR FINAL REPORT. I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FINAL DATA -- SEE THE ATTACHED STUDY REPORT." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND MS. HOLMES FORWARDS THIS TO YOU SHORTLY AFTER SENDING IT TO AIDAN POWER AND CRAIG LIPSET AND WRITES, "THE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. WE CAN NOW INVOICE FOR THE REMAINING 400K." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DID THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO MY RECOLLECTION OF THIS CONSIDER IS THAT THERANOS WOULD PROVIDE A STUDY REPORT TO PFIZER FOR A TOTAL OF $900,000 AND PFIZER WOULD -- ALREADY PAID $500,000 BEFORE 2008, AND THE REMAINING 400,000 WOULD BE PAID WHEN THERANOS PROVIDED THE REPORTS.
MR. LEACH: IS THIS MS. HOLMES GIVING YOU DIRECTION TO RECOGNIZE ADDITIONAL REVENUE ON THE PFIZER CONTRACT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TO INVOICE FOR THE REMAINING AMOUNT.
MR. LEACH: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "INVOICE"?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TO SEND PFIZER THE INVOICE SO THEY WOULD PAY THE AMOUNT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 3 OF THIS DOCUMENT. IF WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THE TOP PORTION OF PAGE 3. LET'S INCLUDE ALL OF THE TEXT AT THE TOP, PLEASE. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, MS. HOLLIMAN. MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU -- THERE'S A LOGO AT THE TOP THAT SAYS, "THERANOS REDEFINING HEALTHCARE." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT THERANOS'S OLD LOGO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID THAT CHANGE AT SOME POINT IN TIME?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND THEN IT SAYS, THERANOS'S ANGIOGENESIS STUDY REPORT PREPARED FOR DR. AIDAN POWER, PFIZER, INC." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE REPORT THAT MS. HOLMES WAS REFERRING TO IN HER EMAIL THAT SHE WAS FORWARDING TO YOU?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS PROVIDED TO PFIZER AS SUPPORT FOR THE INVOICE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS 5219. AND I BELIEVE THE PARTIES HAVE AGREED TO THE ADMISSION OF 5219?
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED AND MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5219 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: MS. HOLLIMAN, IF WE CAN PLEASE ZOOM IN ON THE TOP HALF OF THIS.
MR. LEACH: DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME IN THE FROM LINE, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS AN EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO FOLKS AT KPMG IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR AUDIT WORK?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID KPMG EVER RENDER AN OPINION ON THERANOS'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?
MR. LEACH: THERE ARE TWO EXCEL -- OR FOUR EXCEL SPREADSHEETS ON THIS, TWO TITLED CONTRACT SUMMARY. DO YOU SEE THOSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: ARE THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU PREPARED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. IF WE COULD PLEASE DISPLAY PAGE 14, THE NATIVE FILE. IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE LEFT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN. I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE THIS OVER TO THE LEFT. THERE WE GO. AND IF WE COULD GO ALL OF THE WAY TO THE TOP, PLEASE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. UP IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER IT SAYS, "THERANOS INC. SALES CONTRACT SUMMARY YE 12/31/2009." WHAT DOES YE STAND FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YEAR ENDED.
MR. LEACH: AND IN THE FIRST COLUMN THERE'S A CUSTOMER AND IT SAYS ASTRAZENECA. WHAT IS MEANT BY THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THE CUSTOMER IS ASTRAZENECA.
MR. LEACH: AND WAS ASTRAZENECA A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY THAT THERANOS DID SOME BUSINESS WITH?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND TO THE RIGHT IN THE COLUMN UNDER D IT SAYS 1/31/2008. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THE CONTRACT WAS EFFECTIVE ON THAT DATE.
MR. LEACH: AND THEN THERE'S A LINE CONTRACT TOTAL, 25,000. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THERANOS WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES OR PRODUCT FOR THAT CONTRACT AMOUNT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND THERE ARE TWO CONTRACTS HERE FOR ASTRAZENECA AND ONE TOTALLED 25,000 AND ONE TOTALLED 225,000. IF WE CAN GO DOWN TO THE NEXT ROW. OTHER THAN THOSE TWO CONTRACTS, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH ASTRAZENECA?
MR. LEACH: AND IN ROW 2 THERE'S CELGENE CORPORATION. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE AMOUNT OF THAT CONTRACT IS $106,000. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND I'LL COME BACK TO CELGENE IN A MOMENT. BUT LET ME FIRST ASK ABOUT ROW 11, NOVARTIS. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE NOVARTIS CONTRACT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: JUNE 24TH, 2008.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS THE AMOUNT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 65,000.
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE CAN SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE MORE. OUTSIDE OF THAT 65,000 NOVARTIS CONTRACT, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH NOVARTIS?
MR. LEACH: IN ROW, IN ROW 12 THERE'S CENTOCOR, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT, MS. SPIVEY. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT ROW 13, MERCK, FOR $12,000. OUTSIDE OF THAT AGREEMENT, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH MERCK?
MR. LEACH: AND FURTHER DOWN THE ROW THERE'S PFIZER. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE A REFERENCE TO THE EXHIBIT THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THAT WAS A $900,000 CONTRACT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OUTSIDE OF THIS $900,000 CONTRACT WITH PFIZER DATED DECEMBER 15TH, 2006, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH PFIZER?
MR. LEACH: HOW ABOUT THE MAYO CLINIC IN ROW 15. OUTSIDE OF THE $60,000 CONTRACT REFERENCED THERE, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATION CONTRACTS WITH THE MAYO CLINIC?
MR. LEACH: IN ROW 18 THERE'S SCHERING-PLOUGH. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF THE SCHERING-PLOUGH AGREEMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 279,000.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT WAS THE DATE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: APRIL 30TH, 2009.
MR. LEACH: OUTSIDE OF THIS AGREEMENT, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH SCHERING-PLOUGH?
MR. LEACH: AND LET ME PLEASE NOW DRAW YOUR -- I WANT TO GO BACK TO CENTOCOR AND CELGENE IN THE CONTEXT OF PAGE 16 OF THIS EXHIBIT, ANOTHER EXCEL FILE. WONDERFUL. WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT PAGE 6 OF THIS EXHIBIT, MS. SPIVEY. UP AT THE TOP IT SAYS YE 12/31/2009. DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE CONTRACTS REVENUE ANALYSIS FOR 2010?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I BELIEVE SO.
MR. LEACH: AND OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACTS ON THIS SPREADSHEET FOR CENTOCOR AND CELGENE, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH THOSE TWO PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES?
MR. LEACH: DOWN AT THE -- IN ROW 11 THERE'S A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING CALLED THE AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION. WHAT IS THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
MR. LEACH: WHAT WAS THAT CONTRACT? WHAT WAS THAT ARRANGEMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: OH. SO THERANOS WOULD PROVIDE SOME -- THE CARTRIDGES AND THE DEVICE TO AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT TOTAL OF 288,000.
MR. LEACH: OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT LISTED HERE, DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH THE AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION?
MR. LEACH: DID THERANOS HAVE ANY REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE?
MR. LEACH: HOW ABOUT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY?
MR. LEACH: HOW ABOUT ANY HOSPITAL CHAINS?
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, MS. HOLLIMAN. YOU CAN TAKE THAT DOWN. I'D LIKE TO NOW DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, MS. HOLMES, TO EXHIBIT 5172. I BELIEVE THAT THE PARTIES STIPULATE TO THE ADMISSION OF 5172.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5172 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: BEFORE WE GET TO THE EXHIBIT, MS. SPIVEY, I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THAT LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE TIME PERIOD OF 2009. WAS THERANOS SHORT ON CASH AT THE BEGINNING OF 2009?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE COMPANY'S CASH POSITION AT THAT TIME PERIOD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THE CASH POSITION WAS VERY TIGHT IN 2009.
MR. LEACH: AND I'D LIKE TO NOW MOVE FORWARD IN TIME TO 2013. DO YOU HAVE THAT TIMEFRAME IN MIND?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. IN 2013 WAS THERANOS ALSO EXPERIENCING SOME CASH DIFFICULTIES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT STARTED TO GET A BIT TIGHT, NOT TO THE EXTENT OF 2009, BUT WE WERE WATCHING THE CASH POSITION VERY CLOSELY.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO 5172 IF WE COULD. UP IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THIS THERANOS SPREADSHEET IT SAYS THERANOS CASH BALANCE. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS A DOCUMENT THAT YOU PREPARED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHY DID YOU PREPARE THIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TO SHOW ELIZABETH HOLMES AND SUNNY BALWANI OF THE CASH POSITION IN EACH WEEK.
MR. LEACH: DID YOU DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES. WEEKLY.
MR. LEACH: USING DOCUMENTS SUCH AS EXHIBIT 5172?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. MS. HOLLIMAN, IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE LEFT TO COLUMNS EL AND E9. A LITTLE MORE TO THE LEFT. THERE WE GO. LET'S USE E9 IF WE COULD. I'M SORRY, EN. EXCUSE ME. IN COLUMN EN, MS. SPIVEY, THERE'S TWO ROWS BEGINNING AND ENDING. WHAT DO THOSE ROWS SIGNIFY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE WEEK STARTING SEPTEMBER 23RD.
MR. LEACH: THERE WE GO. LET'S LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE, MS. HOLLIMAN. THANK YOU. SO 9-23 TO 9-29, THAT'S THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THE TOTAL CASH BALANCE FOR THAT WEEK?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: AS OF 9-29 THE CASH BALANCE WAS ABOUT 14.5 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND IF WE COULD GO JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT, MS. HOLLIMAN, PLEASE. AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT WAS THE TOTAL CASH BALANCE 16.6 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT IT WAS 18.82 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO WHEN YOU WERE SAYING THAT THINGS WERE GETTING TIGHT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IN ROW 14 THERE'S SOME AMOUNTS FOR TOTAL PAYMENTS. DO YOU SEE THAT? IN ROW 24.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT DOES TOTAL PAYMENTS REPRESENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE AMOUNTS THAT THERANOS OR THE CASH THAT THERANOS BURNED FOR THAT WEEK.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU SAY BURNED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SPENT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM BURN RATE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES BURN RATE MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S ALL OF THE EXPENSES AND OUTGOING PAYMENTS.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND SO DOES THIS INDICATE THAT IN THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2013, THERANOS WAS SPENDING $2.16 MILLION IN CASH?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT IT WAS 2.217?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT IT WAS 1.194 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DOES THAT ROUGHLY APPROXIMATE THE WEEKLY BURN RATE OF THERANOS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IF WE COULD DOWN FURTHER IN ROW 27 THERE'S A LINE FOR OPTION STOCK PROCEEDS. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT DOES THAT REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE MONEY THAT THERANOS RECEIVED EITHER FROM EXERCISED OPTION OR FROM SELLING STOCK.
MR. LEACH: SO DOES THIS REFLECT THAT IN THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013, THERANOS RECEIVED $21 MILLION THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF OPTIONS OR THE SALE OF STOCK TO AN INVESTOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE COULD PLEASE MOVE TO THE RIGHT, MS. HOLLIMAN -- PERFECT. FEBRUARY 3RD, 2014, THERE'S A LINE FOR $114,559,985. MAYBE WE CAN MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SEE IT, MS. HOLLIMAN. THERE WE GO. DOWN A LITTLE MORE, PLEASE. RIGHT HERE, THIS NUMBER (INDICATING). DOES THAT -- DOES $114 MILLION REPRESENT MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS OR INVESTMENTS FROM INVESTORS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AS THE CORPORATE CONTROLLER -- WILL YOU TAKE THAT DOWN, MS. HOLLIMAN. THANK YOU. AS THE CORPORATE CONTROLLER OF THERANOS, WERE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THE COMPANY'S SPENDING ON PARTICULAR EXPENSES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WERE YOU -- DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THE DEFENDANT EARNED A SALARY DURING HER TIME AT THERANOS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF 2015, APPROXIMATELY WHAT AMOUNT WAS THE DEFENDANT'S SALARY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 400,000.
MR. LEACH: $400,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: BUT FOR THE TIME PERIOD 2010 THROUGH 2014, DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY WHAT THE DEFENDANT'S SALARY WAS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 200,000.
MR. LEACH: $200,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. LEACH: ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH A COMPANY CALLED FLIGHT LOGISTICS INC.?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS FLIGHT LOGISTICS INC.?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT'S THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDE PRIVATE JET SERVICES TO THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: AND WHEN YOU SAY IT'S THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDED PRIVATE JET SERVICES TO THERANOS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT MEANS WHEN ELIZABETH HOLMES AND -- USED TO TRAVEL THROUGH A PRIVATE JET, THAT WE WOULD PAY THROUGH THAT COMPANY AND THEY WOULD ARRANGE THE FLIGHT FOR THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU HAVE A ROLE IN ARRANGING FLIGHTS FOR MS. HOLMES ON THIS PRIVATE JET?
MR. LEACH: OKAY. WHO HANDLED THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. LEACH: WERE YOU REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE INVOICES FOR A PRIVATE JET BY THE DEFENDANT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHO ELSE USED THIS PRIVATE JET THAT THERANOS WAS PAYING FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I CAN'T REMEMBER.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND WHAT TYPES OF PURPOSES WAS THIS PRIVATE JET USED FOR? WHERE WAS THE DEFENDANT GOING?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK OF HOW MUCH MONEY THERANOS SPENT ON PRIVATE JETS FOR MS. HOLMES'S USE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I CAN'T RECALL.
MR. LEACH: MORE THAN 500,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I CAN'T RECALL.
MR. LEACH: MORE THAN A MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T KNOW.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH A COMPANY CALLED SIEMENS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT IS SIEMENS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: WE -- THERANOS PURCHASED EQUIPMENT AND SOME LAB SUPPLIES FROM THAT COMPANY.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND WERE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING INVOICES FROM SIEMENS?
MR. LEACH: WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO THERANOS USED QAD AND A PURCHASING SYSTEM, WHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT THERE'S AN APPROVAL SYSTEM THAT THERANOS USED. SO THE STAFF WILL SUBMIT A PURCHASE REQUISITION, AND IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS BASED ON THE AMOUNT, AND SO AFTER IT'S APPROVED, THEN THE PURCHASING TEAM WILL PLACE THE PURCHASE ORDER. AND WHEN THE COMPANY RECEIVED WHAT WE PURCHASED, ACCORDING TO THE PURCHASE ORDER, THEN THE STAFF WILL RECEIVE THAT INTO QAD. SO FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, I ONLY -- WE ONLY LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THEN AFTER WE MATCH UP WITH THE INVOICE AND THEN WE CAN PROCESS PAYMENT.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. SO YOU KNOW THE COMPANY SPENT MONEY ON SIEMENS FOR SOME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT; IS THAT FAIR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: BUT YOU WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT APPROVAL PROCESS.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND DID YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE SIEMENS EQUIPMENT WAS BEING USED FOR?
MR. LEACH: OKAY. LET ME SHIFT TOPICS, MS. SPIVEY. THE LAST TOPIC I WANT TO GO BACK TO IS ARANCA. YOU SHOULD HAVE IN BINDER NUMBER 2 EXHIBIT 5085. DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE AN EMAIL FROM YOU TO ELIZABETH HOLMES DATED MAY 25TH, 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DOES THE SUBJECT APPEAR TO BE 409A?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND, AGAIN, WHAT IS 409A?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT'S THE I.R.S. TEST CODE FOR STOCK OPTION.
MR. LEACH: AND FROM TIME TO TIME DID YOU HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH MS. HOLMES ABOUT 409A ANALYSES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: YOUR HONOR, I OFFER EXHIBIT 5085.
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5085 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: AND, MS. HOLLIMAN, IF WE COULD PLEASE ZOOM IN ON THE TOP PORTION WITH THE TEXT. DO YOU SEE THE EMAIL AT THE BOTTOM WHERE MS. HOLMES APPEARS TO WRITE, "CAN YOU FORWARD ME THE LATEST YOU HAVE ON GETTING THIS DONE AGAIN -- I AM GOING TO GET WHATEVER WE NEED DONE DONE THIS WEEKEND." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND YOU WRITE BACK, "HERE ARE THE THREE LATEST MODEL WE HAVE." THERE'S A LINE FOR 5/31/10, 7/01/10, 7/01/11. WHAT DO THOSE DATES REFER TO?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: MAY 31ST, 2010, JULY 1ST, 2010, AND JULY 1ST, 2011.
MR. LEACH: AND ARE THOSE DATES OF MODELS THAT ARANCA WAS PREPARING?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND FOR THE MAY 31ST, 2010, YOU WROTE, "BASED ON THIS MODEL, ARANCA CAME BACK WITH A VALUE OF $0.44." IS THAT THE PRICE PER SHARE FOR COMMON STOCK?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND "THE IMPACT WAS THAT YOUR OPTION PLUS ALL OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE GRANTED IN JUNE WOULD BE GRANTED BELOW VALUE." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO THE COMPANY GRANTED OPTIONS TO ELIZABETH HOLMES IN MAY AND ALSO TO A LIST OF EMPLOYEES IN JUNE 2010 AT A LOWER VALUE.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT CONSEQUENCE DOES THAT HAVE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IF THE COMPANY GRANTED OPTION BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE, THEN IT WOULD TRIGGER TAX CONSEQUENCE TO THE OPTIONEE.
MR. LEACH: AND THE OPTIONEE HERE WOULD BE THE DEFENDANT, MS. HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: TO MS. HOLMES AND TO THE OTHER OPTIONEES THAT WE GRANTED THE OPTION IN JUNE.
MR. LEACH: YOU TESTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT KPMG WAS ALSO RAISING QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE VALUE OF THE OPTION GRANT IN 2010. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID THAT ISSUE EVER GET RESOLVED WITH KPMG?
MR. LEACH: AND IN THE DISCUSSION WITH KPMG, WERE THEY ADVOCATING FOR A HIGHER PRICE FOR THE OPTIONS OR A LOWER PRICE FOR THE OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: HIGHER.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU. WE CAN PUT THIS ASIDE, MS. HOLLIMAN. LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS EXHIBIT 5141. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE STIPULATING TO THE ADMISSION OF 5141?
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5141 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: PERFECT, MS. HOLLIMAN. THANK YOU. DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF THIS EMAIL, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE DATE IS DECEMBER 8TH, 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IT'S TO SOMEONE NAMED VALESKA HINTZ. WHO IS THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SHE'S THE SENIOR ATTORNEY AT THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: AND YOU HAVE COPIED MS. HOLMES ON THIS EMAIL; IS THAT RIGHT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THE SUBJECT IS 409A VALUATION REPORTS. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT A REFERENCE TO THESE 409A VALUATION REPORTS THAT ARANCA WAS PREPARING?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND LET'S LOOK AT PAGE 2, PLEASE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PAGE 2 OF THE EXHIBIT, THE ATTACHMENT TO THE EMAIL. IS THIS ARANCA REPORT VALUING THERANOS'S COMMON STOCK AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IF I COULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 38. THANK YOU, MS. HOLLIMAN. THERE WE GO. AND IF WE COULD ZOOM IN ON THE TOP PORTION, THE TABLE AT THE TOP. MS. YAM, I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2013, AND I DON'T SEE A REFERENCE TO THE C-2 INVESTORS. IS IT FAIR TO CONCLUDE FROM THIS THAT THE C-2 INVESTORS COME THEREAFTER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE COULD PLEASE GO TO PAGE 51. MS. SPIVEY, THERE'S A SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT AT THE TOP WITH DIFFERENT YEARS GOING OUT TO 2017. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S A ROW WITH 3 MTH-F, FY-F. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND HELP US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS 3 MONTH FORECAST AND 2013, AND THE NEXT ROW IS FOR THE YEAR 2013 FORECAST SO ON AND SO FORTH.
MR. LEACH: SO THE F IS FOR THE FORECAST?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THESE FORECASTED REVENUE NUMBERS, WHERE DOES ARANCA GET THOSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THEY GOT THAT FROM ME.
MR. LEACH: AND WHERE DID YOU GET THEM FROM?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FROM ELIZABETH HOLMES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT WAS THE REVENUE FORECAST THAT THERANOS PROVIDED FOR YEAR ENDED 2013?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 50 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: HOW ABOUT 2015 OR 2014?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 90 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: AND 2015?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 112 MILLION.
MR. LEACH: AND YOU'VE HAD DISCUSSION WITH MS. HOLMES ABOUT THESE NUMBERS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: DID YOU EVER PROVIDE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS TO INVESTORS?
MR. LEACH: DID MS. HOLMES OR MR. BALWANI ASK YOU TO PREPARE REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THE COMPANY?
MR. LEACH: LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE, TO EXHIBIT 3533. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF 3533?
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 3533 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: IF WE CAN PLEASE ZOOM IN, MS. HOLLIMAN, ON JUST THE TEXT TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE (INDICATING).
MR. LEACH: DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME IN THE FROM LINE ON THIS EMAIL, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU SEE MS. HOLMES'S NAME IN THE TO LINE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE SUBJECT IS 409A PREP. IS THIS ANOTHER REFERENCE TO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 409A VALUATIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF YOU CONSULTING WITH THE DEFENDANT ABOUT WHAT REVENUE PROJECTIONS TO PROVIDE TO ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU. IF WE COULD NOW LOOK AT 3527. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STIPULATED TO 3527.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT'S ADMITTED, AND MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 3527 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: THAT'S GOOD, MS. HOLLIMAN. RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. IS THERE SOME WAY TO DELETE MY WRITING? THANK YOU.
MR. LEACH: MS. SPIVEY, IS THIS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOU DISCUSSING 409A VALUATIONS WITH THE DEFENDANT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. IN THE MIDDLE ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2014, YOU WROTE "I SENT OVER THE PROJECTION TO ARANCA LAST NIGHT. THEY KNOW WE HAVE A DEADLINE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND WILL WORK WITH THAT. "I USED THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS FOR REVENUE AS IN OCTOBER, ROUGHLY $100M, $300M, $300M, AND $500M IN 2015 THRU 2018." WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE REVENUE PROJECTION THAT WE USE FOR THE FORECAST.
MR. LEACH: THAT YOU WOULD USE FOR THE LAST FORECAST?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. LEACH: AND ARE YOU ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO USE THOSE SAME FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT VALUATION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. LEACH: AND MS. HOLMES WRITES BACK, "100M FOR 15 RIGHT." YOU REPLY, "YES." AND THEN SHE WRITES, "THX." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DID THAT MEAN? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THERE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: FROM HERE SHE WANTS TO CONFIRM THAT WE USE 100 MILLION FOR 2015, AND I RESPOND YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THAT'S 115 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR THE YEAR END 2015?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 100 MILLION, YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THE DATE OF THIS EMAIL EXCHANGE IS THE END OF 2014?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 5190. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF 5190?
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 5190 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: MS. SPIVEY, IS THIS AN EMAIL WITH YOU SENDING THE FINAL DECEMBER 2014 ARANCA VALUATION REPORTS TO MS. HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND IS THE REPORT ATTACHED IN THERANOS 409A REPORT, DECEMBER 15TH, 2014?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THIS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF YOU DISCUSSING 409A ANALYSES WITH MS. HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. ONE MORE FOR ARANCA. IF WE CAN PLEASE LOOK AT EXHIBIT 2623. I BELIEVE WE HAVE STIPULATED TO THE ADMISSION OF 2623?
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 2623 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: IF WE CAN PLEASE LOOK AT PAGE 2 OF THIS EMAIL THREAD. AND IF WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE TOP PART OF THE PAGE DOWN TO THE TABLE. THE SUBJECT OF THIS IS SUNIL DHAWAN. DO YOU KNOW WHO SUNIL DHAWAN IS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: HE WAS THE CONTRACT LAB DIRECTOR AT THERANOS.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU. AND DOES THIS EMAIL THREAD RELATE TO POSSIBLE OPTION GRANTS FOR DR. DHAWAN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND YOU WROTE TO ELIZABETH HOLMES AND SUNNY BALWANI ON JUNE 27TH, 2015, "PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FOR THE FULL PROJECTION MODEL. THE QUICKEST TURNAROUND TIME IS TWO WEEKS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CHANGES TO THE ASSUMPTIONS WE ARE MAKING. THE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAD BEEN USING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2014 WERE AS FOLLOWS." AND THEN THERE'S A COLUMN WITH REVENUE NUMBERS FOR 2015 TO 2018. DO YOU SEE THOSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN "THE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAD BEEN USING SINCE SEPTEMBER 2014 WERE AS FOLLOWS"?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THESE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THE COMPANY USED TO CREATE AND PROJECT ALL OF THE FORECAST FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
MR. LEACH: AND AM I RIGHT TO READ THIS AS YOU TELLING SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2014 THERANOS HAD BEEN TELLING ARANCA THAT ITS PROJECTED REVENUE FOR 2015 WAS $113 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 4859. DO YOU HAVE 4859 IN FRONT OF YOU, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. PRIOR TO 2015, HAD YOU EVER SEEN THIS DOCUMENT BEFORE?
MR. LEACH: DID YOU HAVE ANY ROLE IN PREPARING FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS FOR INVESTORS?
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THIS DOCUMENT CAME FROM?
MR. LEACH: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT SUPPORT THERE WAS FOR THE PARTICULAR NUMBERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS DOCUMENT?
MR. LEACH: DID YOU PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO MS. HOLMES OR MR. BALWANI ABOUT THE INFORMATION IN THE RIGHT TWO COLUMNS OF THIS DOCUMENT?
MR. LEACH: YOUR HONOR, I'D LIKE TO OFFER 4859 RIGHT NOW. I THINK THIS WILL COME IN THROUGH ANOTHER WITNESS, AND I THINK IT MAY AID TO GO THROUGH IT NOW.
JUDGE DAVILA: DO YOU HAVE A FOUNDATIONAL WITNESS THAT IS AVAILABLE?
MR. LEACH: YES, LATER IN THE TRIAL, YES.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M GOING TO ADMIT THIS NOW PROVISIONALLY, THAT IS TO SAY THAT I AM GOING TO ALLOW EXAMINATION BY BOTH SIDES ON THIS NOW SUBJECT TO THE FOUNDATION BEING LAID FOR ITS ADMITTANCE LATER. IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, YOU'LL HEAR ME TELL YOU TO STRIKE ANY TESTIMONY AND THIS EXHIBIT. IF THE FOUNDATION IS LAID, I WILL TELL YOU THAT AND INFORM YOU OF THAT AS WELL THAT IT MAY BE CONSIDERED. SO FOR NOW IT'S ADMITTED PROVISIONALLY, SUBJECT TO THE FOUNDATION BEING LAID IN THE FUTURE.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 4859 WAS PROVISIONALLY RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. UNDERSTOOD.
JUDGE DAVILA: SO IT MAY BE PUBLISHED AT THIS TIME.
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: MS. SPIVEY, COULD YOU SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER WHERE IT SAYS PROJECTED STATEMENT OF INCOME?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S SOME HANDWRITING ON THIS PAGE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHOSE HANDWRITING THAT IS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T KNOW.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE ARE TWO COLUMNS FOR 1231, 2014, AND 12/31/2015. DO YOU SEE THOSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S A REVENUE PROJECTION FOR DECEMBER 31ST, 2014, OF $140 MILLION. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU PROVIDE THAT NUMBER TO ANYBODY?
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM?
MR. LEACH: TO THE RIGHT THERE'S A TOTAL REVENUE OF 990 MILLION FOR DECEMBER 31ST, 2015. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU PROVIDE THAT NUMBER TO SOMEBODY?
MR. LEACH: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM?
MR. LEACH: DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPLANATION FOR WHY THAT NUMBER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ARANCA?
MR. LEACH: AND CAN YOU THINK OF ANY REASON WHY THERANOS WOULD PROVIDE ONE SET OF NUMBERS TO ARANCA AND A DIFFERENT SET OF NUMBERS TO A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: NO, I DON'T KNOW.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, MS. HOLLIMAN. YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE THAT DOWN. LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 3233.
JUDGE DAVILA: I'M SORRY, WHAT EXHIBIT IS IT?
MR. LEACH: 3233, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU.
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE A COPY OF THERANOS'S TAX RETURN FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2015, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID YOU HAVE A HAND IN PREPARING THIS OR GIVING INFORMATION TO CONSULTANTS TO PREPARE THIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DID THERANOS PREPARE TAX RETURNS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WAS IT MADE AT OR NEAR THE TIME OF THE INFORMATION IN THE QAD SYSTEM AND OTHER FINANCIAL RECORDS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WAS IT THERANOS'S PRACTICE TO KEEP ITS TAX RETURNS SO THAT IT COULD DEMONSTRATE ITS INCOME AND EXPENSES TO THE I.R.S.?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: YOUR HONOR, I OFFER EXHIBIT 3233.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. THE OBJECTION IS OVERRULED. IT MAY BE ADMITTED UNDER 803. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN LAID. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 3233 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
MR. LEACH: LET'S ZOOM IN BRIEFLY, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN AT THE TOP OF THE TEXT.
MR. LEACH: DO YOU SEE THE DATE DECEMBER 31ST, 2015, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THERE'S A REFERENCE TO MOSS ADAMS LLP. IS THAT THE TAX PREPARATION FIRM?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND LET ME PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 4 THERE'S AN ENTRY OF $429,210 FOR GROSS RECEIPTS OR SALES. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE REVENUE FOR THERANOS IN 2015?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IF I COULD PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO PAGE 8 THERE'S A NUMBER NEGATIVE $585,079,242. DO YOU SEE THAT IN RETAINED EARNINGS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: IS THAT A REFERENCE TO THERANOS'S ACCUMULATED DEFICIT FROM 2003 UP THROUGH 2015?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU, MS. SPIVEY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. CROSS-EXAMINATION?
MR. WADE: YES, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR, MAYBE THE JURY WOULD LIKE TO STAND UP AS I'M JUST TRANSITIONING MY MATERIALS?
JUDGE DAVILA: WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOLKS, YOU MAY STAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
(STRETCHING.)
JUDGE DAVILA: LET ME ASK COUNSEL, WILL WE BE RECESSING AT 11:00?
MR. DOWNEY: I THINK SOME TIME BETWEEN 11:00 AND 11:15. WHATEVER SEEMS SENSIBLE.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
JUDGE DAVILA: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, ONE THING I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO IS TO LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES OVER THE NEXT DAY AND MAYBE TODAY. IT MAY BE THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU IF WE COULD -- I TOLD YOU THAT WE END AT 2:00 P.M. I MAY ASK IF WE CAN EXTEND THAT AN HOUR TO MAYBE GO UNTIL 3:00 O'CLOCK ON SOME DAYS JUST TO CAPTURE EXTRA TIME. WE LOST FRIDAY'S TESTIMONY, AS YOU KNOW. I'D LIKE TO GET US ON SCHEDULE AND KEEP US ON SCHEDULE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE OF THAT FOR YOUR PLANNING IF YOU MIGHT INVESTIGATE MAYBE ENDING AT 3:00 O'CLOCK. CANDIDLY, THERE MAY BE SOME DAYS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU MAYBE WE'LL GO UNTIL 4:00 O'CLOCK. I'M NOT GOING TO KEEP YOU UNTIL 5:00, I PROMISE YOU THAT, ON ANY DAY. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING. I THINK WE DO HAVE THE HEPA FILTERS NOW IN THE COURTROOM, AND THEY SHOULD BE BY COUNSEL TABLE. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM KICK THEM OVER YET SO I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE WELL PLACED. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FILTRATION HERE IN THE COURTROOM. /// ///
CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: GOOD MORNING.
MR. WADE: MY NAME IS LANCE WADE. I REPRESENT MS. HOLMES. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS HERE THIS MORNING.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: OKAY.
MR. WADE: IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. MS. YAM, I'D LIKE TO START WITH GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT 5702. IF WE COULD CALL THAT UP.
COURT CLERK: COUNSEL, THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADMITTED.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT RELATES TO THE CASH FLOW OF THE COMPANY FROM THE PERIOD 2011 UNTIL THE END OF 2015?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE. I PROVIDE THIS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES HERE THIS MORNING. I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CASH AND REVENUE. OKAY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: UH-HUH, YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. WADE: AND WHEN CASH COMES IN THE DOOR FROM A CUSTOMER AND GOES INTO THE THERANOS BANK ACCOUNT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S REVENUE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IT WILL SIT ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY AS DEFERRED REVENUE UNTIL CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET AND IT CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN THE REVENUE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IN THIS CASE THE CASH WAS INVESTED BY THE COMPANY INTO VARIOUS THINGS LIKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO WHEN MR. LEACH WAS ASKING ABOUT REVENUE, HE WAS FOCUSSED ON AN ACCOUNTING JUDGMENT THAT IS MADE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT.
MR. WADE: SURE. LET ME TRY IT A DIFFERENT WAY. THERE ARE MANY RULES THAT RELATE TO WHEN YOU CAN RECOGNIZE CASH AS REVENUE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND, IN FACT, IN THIS TIME PERIOD THERE WERE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND OPINIONS THAT RELATED TO REVENUE RECOGNITION; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT WAS A JUDGMENT THAT YOU WERE INTERACTING WITH FREQUENTLY WITH KPMG AND OTHERS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND OFTENTIMES IT WOULD HINGE ON VERY PARTICULAR ELEMENTS OF FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT RELATED TO A PARTICULAR CONTRACT; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ASSESS WHETHER IT WOULD MEET THE TECHNICAL PROVISION OF THE ACCOUNTING?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THOSE MATTERS WITH YOUR OUTSIDE ACCOUNTANTS FROM TIME TO TIME; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND, IN FACT, WE SAW ONE EMAIL BY MR. LEACH WHERE SOME INFORMATION WAS FORWARDED A FEW MONTHS AFTER IT WAS RECEIVED SO THAT THE ACCOUNTANTS COULD GIVE THEIR VIEW FOR WHETHER A PFIZER CONTRACT COULD BE RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: I'LL COME BACK TO SOME DETAILS RELATING TO THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT LET ME SHIFT TO SOME OF YOUR TESTIMONY WITH RESPECT TO CHALLENGES THAT THE COMPANY FACED IN 2009. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU RECALL IN LATE 2008 AND EARLY 2009 THE COUNTRY WAS EXPERIENCING A FINANCIAL CRISIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU RECALL THAT BEAR STEARNS COLLAPSED IN OCTOBER OF 2008 AND IT PRECIPITATED A FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT BESET THE COUNTRY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THERANOS.
(LAUGHTER.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: OKAY. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF WORKERS AT THAT TIME WHO WERE GOING THROUGH HARD TIMES AS A RESULT OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: NOPE.
MR. WADE: OKAY. AND IN THIS TIME PERIOD MS. HOLMES WAS VERY FOCUSSED ON THE CASH MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE TYPE OF ANALYSIS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXHIBIT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THERE WOULD BE A NEED AS A STRUGGLING BUSINESS TO PRIORITIZE THOSE DEMANDS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND ENSURING THAT THERANOS EMPLOYEES WOULD GET PAID WAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR MS. HOLMES; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT -- I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT SHE PRIORITIZE OR HOW SHE PRIORITIZE.
MR. WADE: WELL, YOU RECALL YOUR TESTIMONY YESTERDAY ABOUT THE PAYROLL -- I'M SORRY, NOT YESTERDAY. IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY MAYBE. YOU RECALL YOUR TESTIMONY LAST WEEK WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYROLL AND EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT PAYROLL WAS MADE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THERE WERE SOME EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT A CHECK CLEARED THE BANK SO THAT THE PAYROLL WOULD CLEAR. DO YOU RECALL THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IN THAT INSTANCE, YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND FROM THE TIME THAT YOU ARRIVED AT THERANOS THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENT CONTINUED UNTIL 2015; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. WADE: WE CAN LOOK AT SOME DETAILED EXPENSE RECORDS IN A MOMENT THAT MIGHT HELP REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION ON THAT. YOU TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT THERANOS DID BUSINESS WITH. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THERANOS RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM CONTRACTS THAT IT HAD AND WORK THAT IT DID WITH THOSE COMPANIES; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN THERANOS HAD LARGE AMOUNTS OF CASH IN THE BANK BUT IT ACCEPTED ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS ANYWAY; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: IN FACT, LET'S LOOK AT 5172 AGAIN. LET ME BRING YOU TO COLUMN GR. AND THIS IS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 2014; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF YOU LOOK IN COLUMN GS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT IT HAD $113 MILLION IN THE BANK, IT TOOK AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT OF $130 MILLION; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IN EARLY NOVEMBER 2014, IF WE CAN GO TO GT, YOU SEE THE COMPANY HAD SIGNIFICANT CASH ON HAND. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THEN NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THEY TOOK IN THE NEXT WEEK ANOTHER HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. WADE: YOU TESTIFIED ON DIRECT ABOUT THAT TIME PERIOD IN 2009, AND I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON SOME PAYMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN 2009. AND I'LL DO THAT BY BRINGING UP EXHIBITS 7753, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS STIPULATED TO ADMITTING?
MR. LEACH: THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 7753 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU SEE THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT YOU -- IF WE CAN BLOW UP THE TOP. I'M JUST FOCUSSED ON THE DATE, MS. SPIVEY. THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT YOU PREPARED IN NOVEMBER 2016 AT THE REQUEST OF SOME COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS AND IT INCLUDED A LIST OF RECEIPTS FROM PHARMA. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: LOOKING AT THIS EMAIL, I DON'T RECALL IT OUTSIDE OF THIS EMAIL.
MR. WADE: OKAY. BUT YOU RECALL THAT YOU KEPT SOME OF THESE RECORDS DURING YOUR TIME AT THE COMPANY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
JUDGE DAVILA: YES, OF COURSE.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: I'VE CALLED UP AN ATTACHMENT TO EXHIBIT 7753. AND DO YOU SEE THAT THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS WHEN DIFFERENT PAYMENTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT THERANOS DID WORK FOR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND CAN YOU SEE FROM THIS THAT THERANOS, FROM JANUARY TO MARCH OF 2009, IF I CAN PULL THAT UP. DO YOU SEE THAT? DO YOU SEE IN THAT TIME PERIOD THERANOS RECEIVED ABOUT $3.7 MILLION IN PAYMENTS FROM CELGENE, CENTOCOR, AND THE MAYO CLINIC?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IN THE APRIL THROUGH JUNE PERIOD OF 2009 THE COMPANY RECEIVED $1.8 MILLION IN PAYMENTS FROM CENTOCOR AND SCHERING-PLOUGH?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THEN IN THE PERIODS THAT FOLLOW, IF WE SCROLL TO THE RIGHT YOU SEE IN THE 2009 AND 2010 PERIOD THEY'RE APPROACHING ANOTHER $2 MILLION IN PAYMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: HUH, WHERE AM I LOOKING AT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 1.1 MILLION, RIGHT.
COURT CLERK: DO YOU WANT ME TO CLEAR IT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT AMERICAN BURN ASSOCIATION, THAT WAS WORK THAT WAS DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO TALK QUICKLY ABOUT THE STOCK OPTIONS ISSUE THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IN CONNECTIONS WITH THE DEALING WITH KPMG. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THOSE WERE OPTIONS THAT WERE GRANTED AND APPROVED AT THE MEETING OF THE THERANOS BOARD OF DIRECTORS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THE OPTION PRICE THAT IS REFLECTED HAS TO REFLECT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE ON THE DATE THAT THEY'RE GRANTED; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND PART OF THAT IS THAT IF THE OPTION IS BELOW FAIR MARKET VALUE, THERE'S AN EXPENSE THAT THE COMPANY TAKES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. WADE: BUT THERE'S NO COMPENSATION EXPENSE IF THEY'RE DONE ON FAIR MARKET VALUE ON DATE OF AGREEMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND YOU ALSO AVOID CREATING VARIOUS TAX IMPLICATIONS IF YOU DO THEM ON FAIR MARKET VALUE, AT FAIR MARKET VALUE ON THE DAY OF THE GRANT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO THERE'S AN EFFORT THAT IS MADE IN GOOD FAITH BY THE COMPANY TO TRY AND ASSESS THE FAIR MARKET VALUE SO THAT IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT YOU WERE ENGAGED IN WITH VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL FIRMS IN CONNECTION WITH THESE OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: DO YOU RECALL THAT IN THIS TIME PERIOD IT WAS ACTUALLY YOU WHO REACHED OUT TO KPMG TO SEEK SPECIFIC ASSISTANCE FROM THEM IN ANALYZING THESE OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
JUDGE DAVILA: YES.
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: (HANDING.) MS. SPIVEY, I'M SHOWING YOU WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES AT THIS POINT IS DX 13744. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DOES THIS REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO KPMG BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO GET ITS TAKE ON THESE STOCK OPTIONS MATTERS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: IT WASN'T KPMG RAISING AN ISSUE. YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, ACTUALLY REACHED OUT AND SOLICITED THEIR ADVICE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I BELIEVE MY RECOLLECTION OF THIS IS THAT THEY PERFORMED THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE COMPANY, AND THIS WAS PART OF THE ISSUE THAT THEY RAISED AND THE COMPANY AND KPMG WAS TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THAT.
MR. WADE: DIDN'T YOU TELL KPMG IN APRIL OF 2011 THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE 409A ISSUE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THEIR TAKE ON THIS MATTER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DIDN'T YOU ADVISE KPMG THAT YOU HAD DISCUSSED THESE ISSUES WITH LEGAL AND VALUATION FIRMS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: YOUR HONOR, CAN HE BE CLEAR IF THIS IS REFRESHING THE RECOLLECTION OR READING FROM THE DOCUMENT.
JUDGE DAVILA: WELL, THE DOCUMENT IS NOT IN EVIDENCE.
MR. LEACH: RIGHT.
JUDGE DAVILA: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READING FROM THE DOCUMENT. IF YOU'RE SEEKING TO REFRESH THE RECOLLECTION OF THIS WITNESS, PLEASE DO SO BY THE QUESTION.
MR. WADE: I'M SEEKING TO REFRESH HER RECOLLECTION IF SHE RECALLS TELLING KPMG WHETHER THEY WERE REFERRED TO THE ACCOUNTANTS BY THEIR LEGAL AND VALUATION ADVISORS.
JUDGE DAVILA: DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION? MS. SPIVEY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND HIS QUESTION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CAN YOU REPEAT.
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: DOES LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION THAT YOU WERE CONSULTING WITH LEGAL AND VALUATION ADVISORS ON THESE OPTION ISSUES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DOES IT REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION THAT AS A RESULT OF THOSE CONSULTATIONS YOU WANTED TO REACH OUT TO KPMG?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I CAN'T RECALL WHETHER THEY RAISED THE ISSUE AND WE RESPOND OR WE REACHED OUT TO THEM. I CAN'T RECALL THAT.
MR. WADE: OKAY. DO YOU RECALL WHETHER THERE WAS A REQUEST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS OR IN THE WEEK THAT FOLLOWED THIS TO HAVE KPMG PERFORM SOME SPECIAL PROCEDURES RELATING TO LOOKING AT THESE OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T REMEMBER.
JUDGE DAVILA: YES.
BY MR. WADE:
JUDGE DAVILA: SO, MR. WADE, YOUR QUESTION IS, DO YOU RECALL THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS OR IN THE WEEK FOLLOWING THIS TO HAVE KPMG PERFORM SOME SPECIAL PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE OPTIONS?
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE QUESTION, MS. SPIVEY. LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT AND SEE IF THIS DOCUMENT REFRESHES YOUR RECOLLECTION AS TO THAT QUESTION.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
JUDGE DAVILA: HAVE YOU FINISHED LOOKING AT THAT DOCUMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T REMEMBER THIS DOCUMENT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I REMEMBER THEY -- THERANOS AND KPMG DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE, BUT I DID NOT REMEMBER THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENT THAT THEY PERFORMED.
MR. WADE: DO YOU RECALL THAT KPMG CONCLUDED BASED ON THEIR TEST WORK THAT THE SHARE BASED PAYMENT EXPENSE APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE, EXIST, AND BE PROPERLY VALUED AND PRESENTED? DO YOU RECALL THAT?
MR. LEACH: OBJECTION. HEARSAY.
JUDGE DAVILA: I'LL LET THE ANSWER REMAIN. YOU CAN ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ARE YOU STILL LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT THAT --
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU RECALL THAT KPMG CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERANOS'S VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO THE PRICING OF THOSE OPTIONS WAS ACCURATE?
JUDGE DAVILA: FOLKS, LET'S TAKE OUR RECESS NOW. LET'S TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES, IT PROBABLY WILL BE 35 MINUTES BY THE TIME WE GET YOU BACK IN HERE. SO PLEASE RECALL MY ADMONITION. YOU'RE NOT TO DISCUSS THE CASE WITH ANYONE, INCLUDING YOURSELVES. DON'T REACH ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT ANYTHING UNTIL THE CASE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU FOR YOUR DELIBERATIONS. HAVE A GOOD BREAK. THANK YOU. MS. SPIVEY, YOU CAN STAND DOWN AS WELL. THANK YOU.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THANK YOU.
(RECESS FROM 11:14 A.M. UNTIL 11:49 A.M.)
JUDGE DAVILA: PLEASE BE SEATED. THANK YOU. WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD. OUR JURY IS PRESENT, AND ALTERNATES ARE PRESENT, AND COUNSEL AND THE DEFENDANT ARE PRESENT. IF WE CAN GET OUR WITNESS BACK. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. SPIVEY. MR. WADE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES. YES.
MR. WADE: AND WHEN HE JOINED THE COMPANY, HE REPORTED DIRECTLY TO -- YOU REPORTED DIRECTLY TO HIM AS WELL; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: REPORTED? I REPORTED DIRECTLY TO ELIZABETH HOLMES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I WOULD KEEP HIM INVOLVED.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND WITH RESPECT TO THESE 409A ISSUES AND THE ARANCA ISSUES, HE WAS SOMETIMES INVOLVED IN REVIEWING THE MATERIALS THAT WENT TO THE VALUATION FIRM AS WELL; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU RECALL THAT MR. BALWANI WAS PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING SOME MODELS WITHIN THE COMPANY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER FROM MY POINT IT'S ONLY FOR THE 409A.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
COURT CLERK: CAN YOU SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN, PLEASE, COUNSEL.
MR. LEACH: I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE THAT.
MR. LEACH: NO OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: THAT'S RECEIVED. YOU'RE ASKING THAT THAT BE ADMITTED?
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S RECEIVED WITHOUT OBJECTION, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 13711 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND ON THIS MS. HOLMES IS ASKING WHAT DROVE THE $50 MILLION IN REVENUE PROJECTION. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SUNNY'S ESTIMATE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND MR. BALWANI WORKED WITH YOU ON THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF BOARD MEETINGS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: USUALLY I GOT THE DATA FROM THE QAD SYSTEM.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO PUBLISH DOCUMENT EXHIBIT 4859, PLEASE. THIS IS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT.
BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. WADE: DO YOU KNOW WHAT DISCUSSIONS OCCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE HANDWRITING THAT IS ASSOCIATED?
MR. WADE: DO YOU SEE UP IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER WHERE IT SAYS "PROJECTED STATEMENT OF INCOME"?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THE REVENUE THAT THE COMPANY PROJECTED.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES WERE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREPARATION OF THIS?
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU DOCUMENT NUMBER 1853, WHICH I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT HAS STIPULATED TO.
MR. LEACH: NO OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: IT MAY BE ADMITTED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 1853 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: OKAY. AND THIS VERSION HAS TWO PAGES. I'D LIKE TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS DOCUMENT. DO YOU SEE THIS DOCUMENT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND DO YOU SEE ABOUT MAYBE TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN THE PAGE THERE'S AN INDICATION OF DEFERRED REVENUE AND CUSTOMER DEPOSITS? DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 169 MILLION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT MR. BALWANI -- YOU PROVIDED TO -- STRIKE THAT. THAT WAS INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EXHIBIT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF I COULD PUT UP DOCUMENT 7761, AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S STIPULATION MOVE THAT INTO EVIDENCE, YOUR HONOR.
MR. LEACH: NO OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 7761 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: AND IF WE CAN BLOW UP THE TOP, PLEASE. MS. YAM, DO YOU SEE THIS IS AN EMAIL BETWEEN YOU AND MR. BALWANI ON JULY 15TH, 2014?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2014.
MR. WADE: AND IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT TO THIS EMAIL. DOES THIS APPEAR TO BE -- I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DEFERRED REVENUE AND CUSTOMER DEPOSITS ON LINE 25 OF THIS BALANCE SHEET. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: SO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO MR. BALWANI MADE IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT, THE EXHIBIT 1853; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: IF I COULD BRING UP 1853 AGAIN. FOCUSSING ON PAGE 1 OF THIS EXHIBIT, DO YOU RECALL WHETHER YOU EVER SAW A LIVE SPREADSHEET, A NATIVE FILE THAT DEPICTED THIS INFORMATION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T THINK SO.
MR. WADE: SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SPREADSHEET, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S OTHER INFORMATION THAT FED INTO IT; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT INVESTORS, AND I CAN TAKE THIS DOCUMENT DOWN. YOU DIDN'T ATTEND MEETINGS WITH POTENTIAL INVESTORS, DID YOU?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CORRECT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. WADE: AND ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE COMPANY SOMETIMES WOULD HAVE MEETINGS WITH POTENTIAL INVESTORS WHERE THEY WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I HAVE NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T KNOW.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: WHEN YOU WERE ASKED OR IF YOU WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO INVESTORS, DID YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND, IN FACT, WHENEVER YOU WERE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ANYONE, DID YOU ALWAYS TRY TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND YOU ALWAYS TRIED TO PROVIDE THE MOST ACCURATE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
MR. WADE: LET ME SEE IF I CAN UNPACK THAT. YOU SOMETIMES MAKE ENTRIES INTO THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE COMPANY AND HAVE TO CHANGE THOSE IN THE FUTURE AFTER ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS ARE MADE WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR ENTRY; IS THAT RIGHT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND YOU MIGHT BOOK THE REVENUE, BUT THEN DECIDE THAT SOME OF IT WOULD NEED TO BE DEFERRED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: OR YOU MIGHT DEFER REVENUE AND THEN DECIDE THAT SOME OF IT MIGHT NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
MR. WADE: AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT YOU PREPARE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: WE'VE SEEN MANY OF THEM TODAY AND THEY PROVIDE DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS INTO THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT USUALLY DISPLAYS THE COMPANY'S ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
MR. WADE: THEY CAN -- THERE CAN BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VALUATIONS BASED UPON DIFFERENT VALUATION METHODS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THERE ARE USUALLY DIFFERENCES.
MR. WADE: WELL, LET ME PULL UP ONE OF THEM AND WE CAN ASK RELATED TO THAT EXHIBIT 5206, WHICH IS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE. I'D LIKE TO TURN TO PAGE 52 AT THE BOTTOM. SORRY, 52.
MR. BENNETT: BATES NUMBER?
MR. WADE: AND THIS IS THE EMAIL CHAIN IN EXHIBIT 5206, IN WHICH THE ARANCA REPORT WAS ULTIMATELY TRANSMITTED TO THE COMPANY. DO YOU RECALL THAT EMAIL CHAIN?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND WITHIN THIS CHAIN DO YOU SEE THAT YOU ARE BEING PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION BY ARUN MONTENA AT ARANCA?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY BASED ON DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES, THERE CAN BE A PRETTY FAIR RANGE IN THE VALUATIONS OF A COMPANY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: WE TALKED ABOUT, BEFORE THE BREAK, HOW SOMETIMES CASH HAD TO BE REFERRED TO AS DEFERRED REVENUE. DO YOU RECALL THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU AND MOVE INTO EVIDENCE DTX 13719, WHICH I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT HAS STIPULATED TO.
MR. LEACH: THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR. NO OBJECTION.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. IT'S ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 13719 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO START AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS EMAIL CHAIN IN WHICH YOU SENT DECEMBER 12TH, 2014. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THIS SAYS IN HERE, YOU WRITE, "AFTER ADDING BACK 50 MILLION, THE DEFERRED REVENUE IS 168 MILLION." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF I CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT EMAIL IN THE CHAIN. THAT'S AN EMAIL IN RESPONSE FROM MR. BALWANI TO YOU AND MS. HOLMES. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND HE'S SUGGESTING THAT THE 165 MILLION COULD BE RECOGNIZED -- COULD BE CATEGORIZED AS DEFERRED REVENUE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: HE THEN SAYS, "BUT IN 2014, WE WILL RECOGNIZE AT LEAST 100 MILLION OF IT." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, IT'S NOT AS THOUGH 100 MILLION IS JUST GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE SKY IN DECEMBER OF 2014; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: RIGHT.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND MR. BALWANI IS EXPRESSING THE VIEW THAT 100 MILLION OF THAT COULD BE RECOGNIZED IN 2014?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: NOW, DO YOU RECALL AT THE END OF 2013 OR THE BEGINNING OF 2014 THE COMPANY RECEIVED A $75 MILLION PAYMENT FROM WALGREENS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THAT WAS AMONG THIS MONEY THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION AS TO WHEN IT COULD BE RECOGNIZED; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: IF WE CAN GO TO DTX 5172, WHICH IS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE, AND I'D LIKE TO GO TO ROW 26 WHERE IT SAYS "CUSTOMER RECEIPTS." DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN MONEY WAS RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, COLUMN DC IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 2013 SHOWS $25 MILLION IN CUSTOMER RECEIPTS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T REMEMBER.
MR. WADE: OKAY. WELL, LET ME START BACK. LET ME GO TO COLUMN D AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH AND JUST GET A SENSE OF THE CUSTOMER RECEIPTS. IN COLUMN D, WE START SMALL, ROW 26. I'LL STAY IN ROW 26 THROUGHOUT. DO YOU SEE THERE'S $462 THERE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF I GO TO FC, THAT WAS -- THOSE WERE CUSTOMER RECEIPTS FOR $75 MILLION FROM WALGREENS THAT WE MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IN ALL, THE COMPANY RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND A LOT OF THIS MONEY WAS CASH THAT WAS RECEIVED AND USED, BUT IT WAS BOOKED AS DEFERRED REVENUE; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO RETURN BRIEFLY TO THE BURN STUDY WE HEARD ABOUT AND SHOW YOU DOCUMENT 7091, WHICH I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT STIPULATED TO ADMIT. WE MOVE THE ADMISSION, YOUR HONOR.
MR. LEACH: THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR, NO OBJECTION.
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 7091 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: LET ME BLOW UP THE TOP SO WE CAN ORIENT YOU. THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT YOU RECEIVED IN DECEMBER OF 2009. DO YOU SEE THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THIS MAKES YOU AWARE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO PAYMENTS THAT WERE TO BE PROVIDED BY THE BURN CENTER?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF WE CAN TURN TO -- AS ONE OF YOUR ROLES IN DETERMINING REVENUE RECOGNITION AND BOOKING ITEMS ON THE BOOKS OF THE COMPANY, WOULD YOU OFTENTIMES GET CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION TO KEEP IN YOUR FILES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH THE BURN STUDY, THIS IS -- THIS WAS EFFECTIVELY THE CONTRACT; IS THAT RIGHT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T RECALL THIS DOCUMENT.
MR. WADE: OKAY. BUT YOU RECALL -- YOU SAW THAT YOU RECEIVED THIS DOCUMENT AS PART OF THAT EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A DOCUMENT THAT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN YOU INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD USE TO DETERMINE REVENUE RECOGNITION; IS THAT FAIR? MAYBE IF WE LOOK AT THE FULL DOCUMENT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK.
(PAUSE IN PROCEEDINGS.)
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I AM NOT SURE. I DON'T RECALL THIS DOCUMENT.
BY MR. WADE:
MR. WADE: OKAY. THANK YOU. AS THE CONTROLLER OF THE COMPANY, DID YOU HAVE A SENSE FOR HOW THE COMPANY WAS SPENDING ITS MONEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DO WAS BOOK, CATEGORIZE DIFFERENT EXPENSES ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUSINESS; CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND SO AS EXPENSES WOULD COME IN, YOU WOULD CATEGORIZE HOW IT WAS DEPICTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU DX 578, WHICH I BELIEVE IS -- WHICH IS ALREADY IN EVIDENCE. DO YOU RECALL THIS DOCUMENT? THESE WERE SOME FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WERE EMAILED TO KPMG?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT THAT INCLUDES THE TRIAL BALANCE. WHILE WE'RE PULLING THAT UP, WHAT IS THE TRIAL BALANCE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT'S THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS, ALL OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS OF THE COMPANY THAT HAS ALL OF THE ASSETS, LIABILITY, SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY, EXPENSES, INCOME.
MR. WADE: OKAY. AND IF I CAN GO TO THE BS TAB. THIS IS THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER. DO YOU RECALL THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: IF WE CAN GO TO THE PL BY GROUP. THIS SHOWS THE CATEGORIZATION OF SOME OF THE EXPENSES; IS THAT CORRECT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE BOTTOM. DO YOU SEE IN COLUMN I IT SHOWS $21.9 MILLION IN R&D EXPENSES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: WAS IT 2010?
MR. WADE: WE CAN GO TO THE TOP. LET'S GO TO THE BALANCE SHEET. THAT WILL SHOW THE DATE CLEARLY. THAT WAS FOR 2011?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT COULD BE. I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE DATA.
COURT CLERK: CAN YOU SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN, PLEASE, COUNSEL. COUNSEL, WHAT IS THE NUMBER?
MR. WADE: 4176, WHICH I WILL MOVE INTO EVIDENCE ACTUALLY, YOUR HONOR. I APOLOGIZE. WITH STIPULATION.
MR. LEACH: NO OBJECTION. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: IT'S ADMITTED. IT CAN BE PUBLISHED.
(DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 4176 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. WADE:
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THAT'S THE CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS FOR THE COMPANY.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: 92 MILLION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 68 MILLION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 67 MILLION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: ABOUT 53 MILLION.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. WADE: AND A BIG REASON FOR THESE OPERATING LOSSES WAS BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; IS THAT RIGHT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M NOT SURE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I WOULD THINK SO, BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I DON'T REMEMBER AT THIS TIME.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M SORRY?
(DISCUSSION AMONGST DEFENSE COUNSEL OFF THE RECORD.)
JUDGE DAVILA: RECROSS? EXCUSE ME. REDIRECT?
MR. LEACH: VERY BRIEFLY, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU. /// /// /// ///
REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MS. SPIVEY. MR. WADE ASKED YOU A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DEFERRED REVENUE. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: WHAT IS DEFERRED REVENUE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: IT'S MONEY THAT THE COMPANY RECEIVED BUT WE HAVE NOT PROVIDES SERVICES OR PRODUCT.
MR. LEACH: HAVE YOU EARNED THE REVENUE AT THAT POINT?
MR. LEACH: AND IF YOU DON'T PERFORM UNDER THE CONTRACT, IF YOU DON'T EARN THE REVENUE, DO YOU GET TO KEEP THE MONEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACTS. THERE COULD BE A CLAUSE FOR A REFUND.
MR. LEACH: SO THE REASON THAT YOU DON'T MOVE DEFERRED REVENUE INTO REVENUE IS BECAUSE THE COMPANY HASN'T DONE WHAT IT NEEDS TO IN ORDER TO EARN THAT MONEY; IS THAT FAIR?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THERE SOME POSSIBILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: MR. WADE ALSO ASKED YOU ABOUT THE COMPANY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION IN 2009. I'D LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 256, WHICH I THINK WE STIPULATE TO THE ADMISSION OF.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. IT IS ADMITTED, AND IT MAY BE PUBLISHED.
(GOVERNMENT'S EXHIBIT 256 WAS RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.)
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: AND IF WE CAN PLEASE LOOK AT THE -- DO YOU SEE YOUR EMAIL IN THE TOP, MS. SPIVEY? DO YOU SEE YOUR NAME AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU SEE THAT THIS IS AN EMAIL TO ELIZABETH HOLMES?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU ATTACH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 2009?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: LET ME DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NATIVE FILE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS PAGE 5. IF I COULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE, TO THE TAB MONTHLY PL. IF WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THERE'S A LINE THERE FOR TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES. DO YOU SEE THAT, MS. SPIVEY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IN JANUARY IT'S 936,000?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND FEBRUARY $1 MILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THOSE ARE THE MONTHLY EXPENSES THAT THE COMPANY IS INCURRING DURING THAT TIME PERIOD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WOULD THOSE AMOUNTS HAVE TO BE OFFSET BY ANY CASH FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT BE COMING IN AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: CAN YOU REPEAT?
MR. LEACH: LET ME ASK YOU A BETTER QUESTION. MR. WADE SHOWED YOU SOME RECEIPTS FROM PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACTS DURING YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION. DO YOU RECALL THAT TESTIMONY?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND WOULD THOSE CASH RECEIPTS BE OFFSET BY EXPENSES THAT THE COMPANY IS INCURRING DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: THANK YOU. WE CAN TAKE THAT DOWN, MS. HOLLIMAN. AND IF WE CAN PLEASE GO BACK TO MR. WADE ASKED YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT VALUATION METHODS FOR THE 409 ANALYSIS, AND HE DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO EXHIBIT 5206, PAGE 4. DO YOU RECALL THIS EMAIL WHERE YOU WERE BEING ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VALUATION METHODS THAT WENT INTO ARANCA'S ANALYSIS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU RECALL ATTENTION BEING DRAWN -- WHOOPS. IF WE CAN ZOOM OUT, PLEASE, MS. HOLLIMAN. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT THIS THING CALLED A POST MONEY VALUATION OF 9.5 BILLION?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: DO YOU RECALL BEING ASKED ABOUT THAT?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND THAT'S BASED ON THE RECENT SERIES C-2 FUNDING. DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND IS THAT ESSENTIALLY THE VALUE ASSIGNED TO THE SHARE PRICE FOR THE C-2 FINANCING?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THE SHARE PRICE.
MR. LEACH: WELL, I THINK WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE C-2 SHARE PRICE BEING $17 A SHARE. IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY THE NUMBER OF SHARES, YOU GET SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $9.5 BILLION?
JUDGE DAVILA: OVERRULED. I DON'T THINK THIS CALLS FOR EXPERT TESTIMONY. IT'S MULTIPLICATION OF THE FIGURES, SO -- DO YOU WANT TO REPEAT THE QUESTION?
BY MR. LEACH:
MR. LEACH: SURE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE POST MONEY VALUATION REFERRED HERE TO BE BASED ON THE C-2 SHARE PRICE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PARAGRAPH IT SAYS, "WE HAVE NOT ASSIGNED ANY WEIGHT TO THIS APPROACH." DO YOU SEE THAT LANGUAGE?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TO BE ARANCA TELLING YOU THAT EVEN THOUGH THE C-2 FINANCING IS AT THIS PRICE, WE'RE NOT ASSIGNING THAT ANY WEIGHT IN HOW WE VALUE THESE STOCK OPTIONS?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
MR. LEACH: OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. SPIVEY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
JUDGE DAVILA: MAY THIS WITNESS BE EXCUSED?
MR. LEACH: YES, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. YOU'RE EXCUSED. THANK YOU.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: THANK YOU.
JUDGE DAVILA: DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS?
MR. BOSTIC: YES, YOUR HONOR. THE UNITED STATES CALLS ERIKA CHEUNG. MAY I APPROACH THE STAND, YOUR HONOR?
JUDGE DAVILA: YES. IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE, AND I'LL HAVE YOU STAND BY THE WITNESS STAND THERE. OUR COURTROOM DEPUTY WILL PLACE YOU OATH. AND IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
(GOVERNMENT'S WITNESS, ERIKA CHEUNG, WAS SWORN.)
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YES.
COURT CLERK: THANK YOU.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT HERE. MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. FEEL FREE TO ADJUST THE CHAIR AND MICROPHONE AS YOU NEED. I'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE. WHEN YOU ARE COMFORTABLE, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THEN SPELL IT, PLEASE.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: MY NAME IS ERIKA CHEUNG. AND THAT'S SPELLED E-R-I-K-A, AND LAST NAME CHEUNG, C-H-E-U-N-G.
JUDGE DAVILA: THANK YOU. COUNSEL.
MR. BOSTIC: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. AND, YOUR HONOR, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF WITNESSES ARE VACCINATED, THE COURT IS AMENABLE TO THEM TESTIFYING WITHOUT A MASK?
JUDGE DAVILA: YES.
MR. BOSTIC: MS. CHEUNG, MAY I ASK IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE DISCLOSING AND IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, IF THAT IS TRUE WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMOVE YOUR MASK?
SO-HAN SPIVEY: I'M VACCINATED AND I AM COMFORTABLE TAKING OFF MY MASK.
JUDGE DAVILA: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU MAY DO SO.
MR. BOSTIC: AND, YOUR HONOR, DOES THE SAME GO FOR QUESTIONING COUNSEL?
JUDGE DAVILA: IT DOES. AND I THINK WE ESTABLISHED THAT ALL PARTIES ON ALL TEAMS ARE ALL VACCINATED.
MR. BOSTIC: YES, YOUR HONOR.
JUDGE DAVILA: AND, MS. CHEUNG, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN AIR FILTER SYSTEM JUST BELOW YOU AND I THINK IT'S OPERATIONAL NOW.
SO-HAN SPIVEY: YEAH, IT IS.
JUDGE DAVILA: GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNSEL.