ALSTON BIRD 555 Fayettevilie Street, Suite 600 Raleigh, NC 27601?3034 919-862-2200 Fax: 919-862-2260 Matthew P. McGuire Direct Dial: 919-862?2279 Email: matt.mcguire@aiston.com May 8, 2018 Via Email and First Class Mail Andrew T. Houston, Esq. Moon Wright 8: Houston 121 West Trade Street Suite 1950 Charlotte, NC 28202 Re: in re: Holdings, LLC Case No. 17-30132 Dear Andy: i write on behalf of myself, Joe Grier, and Lane Williamson in response to your letter dated May 7, 2018. Thank you for your clients? willingness to support an interim distribution of funds to investors who were harmed as a result of Rick Siskey?s actions. Mr. Grier, Mr. Williamson and are very close to finalizing the terms of a comprehensive settlement, as Judge Whitley advised us to do last month. This settlement will include a proposed interim distribution of $15,000,000 to investors with allowed claims. We trust that your clients will be similarly supportive ofthis interim distribution. Sincerely yours, Matthew P. McGuire cc: Joseph W. Grier, ill, Esq. (via Email) F. Lane Williamson, Esq. (via Email) Alston Bird LLP Atlanta 3 Beijing Brussels Charlotte Dallas 1 Los Angeles New York I Raleigh San Francisco Silicon Valley Washington, DC.