Equity Page #3

- You cannot--

You can run,

but you cannot hide from me.

NAOMI:

They are beautiful.

Ah... I've got a betta.

Which is a fish.

- Yes, I actually knew that.

- Heh.

I'm gonna have to tell

my brother that I saw you.

He thinks that every girl

he ever dated turned gay.

How is he? How is everyone?

Everyone still in Michigan?

Yeah, they're still

in that 30-mile radius.

Do you ever

get back there or...'?

Um... Talk to them all the time.

But with work and...

- Enjoy.

BOTH:
Thank you.

[MELLOW ELECTRONIC MUSIC

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

Yeah. Goatee Man is long gone.

Yeah, a little bit more

my type now, I suppose.

So how about you?

Are you seeing anyone or...?

I get what I need.

Oh, do tell.

I'm just a boring old married lady.

Well, he's, uh...

He's smart.

Someone from work?

- Where else?

- Mm.

I dated someone from work once.

But I don't know, it got weird.

It was claustrophobic and...

Well, yeah, I mean, we don't

see each other day-to-day, so...

Smart. So what, a broker?

Actually, yeah, yeah.

Does it ever get...?

- Get...?

- I mean...

...there must be certain things

you can't talk about?

What are you doing?

Here I thought we were just

two old friends having a drink.

We are.

- Can I have the check, please?

WOMAN:
Sure.

His name is Michael Connor.

C-O-N-N-O-R.

But I don't know,

maybe you already knew that.

No, Naomi, I...

Okay, yes, I may have

come across his name...

...in the office as someone who...

Someone who...?

Deals with a lot of hedge funds.

Yep.

That's what he does.

Naomi...

FRANK".

How was drinks?

She's not gonna

give us anything.

Look. If we don't have

a good feeling about this one--

We don't need warm, fuzzy f***ing

feelings, Frank. We need evidence.

Did your friend in Compliance

send anything over?

Paperwork on Michael.

Now, don't go doing anything rash.

You're not in Narcotics anymore.

Vi

BENJI:

He's an old friend.

The man is a top guy...

Just watch me

and don'tjump in a lot.

Okay.

- Okay, and nod.

- All right.

- Michael.

- Hey.

- How are you?

- Cory.

- How are you? Good to see you.

BENJI:
Working with us for a while.

We figure it's time

he played with the big boys.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

WAITRESS:

Gentlemen.

Uh, could I get a Macallan 18?

- No ice.

-Of course.

I'll have the same thing. So will he.

Thanks.

- Thank you.

MICHAEL:
Thank you.

What do you have for us?

Nothing.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

BENJI:
I was just out of school

when I met this guy.

He didn't even give a sh*t

about the money.

Just loves

the f***ing game of it.

You know, he played like a pro.

When I left,

and I started a hedge fund...

...he sent a hedgehog

to my office.

An actual hedgehog?

Yeah, the box opens,

there was a f***ing rodent in my lap.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Oh, God. Heh, heh.

Where is that guy?

What is it? Getting older?

We're all older.

The regulations?

Well...

Where are you going with this?

WAITRESS:

Macallan.

Thank you.

CORY:

Thanks.

Now, we have a lot

of capital to invest.

And you're gonna

bring us something, yeah?

I'm thinking...

."pvaCY-

Privacy?

Vi

You with the green pens.

Color of money.

[CHUCKLES]

Vi

Can you check that the B server

was reset properly last night?

Yeah, for sure.

Did you call Dave

over at V-Tech?

- Yeah, of course.

- Good.

Thank you.

All right.

[ED SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Good afternoon, everyone.

We'd like to start off with a preliminary

discussion of pricing.

- Let's do it. Where are we at?

NAOMI:
At this point...

...we're looking at a range of 32

to 34 a share. At 7.2 million a share...

...that gives us

a valuation of 868 million.

Hang on just a minute.

We have to get

a billion-dollar valuation.

We have looked

at the comparables, Ed, and--

You said 34 to 36 in your pitch.

You'll leave tens of millions

of dollars on the table.

We can get at least 35.

This is a balancing act.

Raising money for your company...

...while still promising our investors

a deal for coming on board--

Look, you begged me

for this IPO.

Do you want me to call

Channing Trust?

I don't actually

remember begging.

Does anybody else?

No. So, what you want

to avoid here, Ed, is a down--

Because we know what happened

with your last IPO.

I don't think

that's relevant here.

Oh.

ERIN:

Ed. Ian.

I believe our goal is to find

the right number for all of us.

- The number's 35.

- Possibly.

But you can think of it like a...

Like a party.

We need to encourage people

to show up to the party.

It could be the best party

in the world.

- But if nobody shows up--

- A party?

- Um, I don't really think...

-No, no, hang on.

I get this.

A party.

Go on.

With a 32 to 34 range,

we'll get people in the door.

But if the party's good enough--

- People will line up around the block.

- This is true.

I like you.

You know how to talk to people.

I'll party with you anytime.

IAN:
Okay, if we're gonna

sell 15 percent of the company now...

...we should talk about

our options moving forward.

Yes, we should.

Vi

SAM:

Michael Connor?

Uh... Yes. I'm-- I'm sorry.

Have we, um...?

No. Uh...

Samantha Ryan.

U.S. Attorney's Office.

Oh, really?

Well, I was just hoping

we could have a brief chat.

Sure.

My idea of a perfect

summer's afternoon.

Brief chat

with a long-legged woman...

...who might even be

working for the FBI.

How thrilling.

I did not say FBI.

And I'm not interested in you.

Oh. How very disappointing.

I'm interested in one of

your clients, Benji Akers.

Yeah, not sure how I can

help you with that.

My relationship with my clients

is strictly confidential.

Of course,

but these hedge fund guys...

...they always seem to have some

way to stay out of trouble...

...but they need someone like you

from the big bank.

Now, you have regulations and

Compliance breathing down your throat.

So if someone's gonna take the fall...

...it seems to me it's gonna be you.

Not Benji Akers.

Take the fall for what?

Could be anything.

Merger last spring

where some investors...

...got a memo prematurely,

or a couple of rogue trades...

-...that Compliance flags as irregular.

- Ha-ha-ha.

You have nothing on me, do you?

How do you know that?

Oh, this has been lovely.

But why don't you call me...

...when you have just

a little bit more leverage?

Is that a challenge?

If you like.

Vi

Marin? Hi.

I'm Naomi Bishop.

L... I'm heading the IPO.

- Yeah, I know.

- Okay.

Uh, I wanted to talk to you in the office.

They said you were leaving for the day.

You guys talk

to every single employee?

You seem particularly

interested in our process.

In my experience,

that usually means...

...you have something

you want to say to us.

All right.

What happens

when Cachet gets hacked?

Hacked? It's anonymized

and encrypted at every level.

Yeah, you haven't met my ex.

We were beta testing.

It was actually kind of helpful.

We plugged all the holes, but...

He'll keep trying.

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