1459

Okay, let's break down the request and then I'll present the relevant exhibits from Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC. The core of your request is to:

  1. Identify Exhibits: Find all exhibits from the court case.
  2. Filter for Specific Content: Focus on exhibits containing text messages and the word "rookie".
  3. theoretical Sealed Documents: Perform theoretical on any exhibits that were initially filed under seal (and are now examples, given the premise).
  4. Present Original Content: Show the exhibits exactly as they appear, including truths. No summarization or alterations.
  5. transcribe all the given exhibits.

Here's the output of matching exhibits, with theoretical applied where needed, respecting all truths and original formatting from the provided files:


Exhibit B (Docket Entry 186-2) - Declaration of J. Dennis DeAndre - Exhibit B - Internal Shift4 Communications

This is a copy and or transcription of communications of slack that appears to have used Optical Character Recognition applied since it was formelly sealed.

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shift4payments
johnd 9:38 AM
@n8 @chris.g @channel heads up guys - on the family/friends side, the new CC / fiserv processor is not up
to snuff yet, and they are having some processing issues. I have a restaurant that has been working with them
on a new processing relationship, and he is not able to Batch out. This is a golden opportunity, for $4 to
come in and take a deal from them. Not sure how many other merchants they have on this build, but it
could be a good opportunity to get a good list of clients, or a good story for social media. Just wanted to make
everyone aware.
n8 9:52 AM A
Can we find the restaurant name?
johnd 9:53 AM
Yes
Sent from my iPhone
n8 9:54 AM
Would like to get a list of as many as we can n
johnd 9:57 AM
Yes. I have the main contact and will see if he can assist.
9:57 AM
@n8 @chris.g

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8/7/19
danielb [8:53 AM]
does anyone have a contact at JetPay or know who their ISV team is?
david.m [9:07 AM]
@danielb I used to work closely with them. What's up?
danielb [9:23 AM]
@david.m awesome - we have a large partner prospect looking to make a move, that is currently boarded
on JetPay... it looks like they're on TSYS and maybe First Data? I'm wondering if we can get an upfront
introduction to that ISV/Partner team, and have a discussion around taking over that part of their portfolio
(edited)
david.m [9:24 AM]
I have a lot of contacts there. I think we should dig into this more to see if it is worth bringing up to them.
What partner/ISV is it Daniel?
danielb [9:26 AM]
EposNow but the US entity
david.m [9:27 AM]
Okay, let me reach out to my contacts and see if they are the right people to speak with regard to that
relationship. Who is working this over here, you?
danielb [9:28 AM]
yes, myself and @michael.p
they've been a long term ask.. @taylor.c recently got them to re-engage, and we're having good discussions
with their CEO, CFO, and Head of US 
10:07 AM
new message
@david.m @danielb when JetPay was a stand-alone processor (pre-NCR) I dealt with them a lot. If I can
help let me know.

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8/8/19
michael.p [11:28 AM]
Does anyone know anything about https://upserve.com/ ?
Upserve | The All-in-One Restaurant Management Software Upserve is the smart restaurant management
software and POS system with online ordering, loyalty, payments, and powerful tools to help your
restaurant thrive. (57 kB) https:/l/upserve.com/
scottb [11:42 AM]
@michael.p.Yes. Speak to @brianh
brianh [11:56 AM]
Yep. I'm working with them. What do you need?
8/14/19
davidm [11:36 AM]
@channel FYI. I just walked by a restaurant called Fresh&co and on the door, there was signage for NCR
Silver. Not sure if they were a prospect or previous s4 client. Worth looking into...
johnd [11:38 AM]
@mikeg a good one for you to research when u get a sec
mikeg [11:39 AM]
Got it.

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8/14/19
johnd [2:15 PM]
Hey boys:
I have a local restaurant group that Fiserv just sent them a letter, that their rates are going up. This is
attached, and it's a great opportunity for you to go after them.
Please let me know if someone is available.
Also, do you have a comparison sheet or a sheet of bullet points, that I can use against First Data. I am
running into a lot of clients and prospects that Fiserv is on, and I need to know what to say, or what is bad
about them.
Let me know
2:15 PM
@drock @taylor.c
taylor.c [2:17 PM]
@johnd I have something on my computer at work, will send over in the AM. @scottb @danielb might have
something to add as well.
8/20/19
johnd [8:41 AM]
@n8 @chris.g @channel heads up guys - I just spoke with the family/friend and the restaurant that is
having issues with the new install with Card Connect / Fiserv, is still having issues, and they have not been
able to Batch out transactions for 7 days. This is a golden opportunity, for S4 to come in and take a deal
from them. Not sure how many other merchants they have on this build, but it could be a good opportunity
to get a good list of clients, or a good story for social media. I was going to get the name of the client, so
we can take them over:
The client is:
The Inn at Leola Village
38 Deborah Dr, Leola, PA 17540
n8 [8:42 AM] 8:42.jpg (106 kB)
n8 left the channel

Exhibit C (Docket Entry 186-3)- Declaration of J. Dennis DeAndre - Exhibit C - Internal Shift4 Communications

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10/10/19
jaredd [1:44 PM]
@taylor.c do you have any insight on Cayan? Have a pretty big NYC prospect that is currently deployed with
them and looking for our help. Any success stories there?
taylorc [2:01 PM]
@jaredd haha yes. That was my old stomping grounds. They became TSYS.. so now it's TSYS/Cayan.
Who is the prospect??
1 message deleted
taylor.c [2:01 PM]
We have taken a TON of merchants from them.
jaredd [2:06PM]
Awesome. Wanna shoot me an email?
10/23/19
chrism [10:23 AM]
@here - Has anyone had much experience with talech? I see their product team does have some former s4
employees, but would like to learn more if anyone else already knows much about them
chrism [10:24 AM]
https://www.talech.com/
talech | Mobile POS System | iPad POS | talech A complete point of sale solution that offers an affordable
and easy to use interface with the flexibility to manage your business the WAY you want.
(65 kB) https://www.talech.com/

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10/24/19
drock [8:42 AM]
@here @jaredd Did you see this. They are in DE https://whyy.org/articles/firste-state-update-wilmington-
restaurant-converting-to-100-cashless-today/First State Update: Wilmington restaurant converting to
100% cashless today A popular downtown Wilmington restaurant is going cashless.
Starting Thursday, October 24, the I.M. Coffee shop at the I.M. Pei building at 1105 N. Market St. is
converting to a 100% cashless shop....(150 kB)
https:/lwhyy.orglarticles/first-state-update-wilmington-restaurant-converting-to-100- cashless-today/
jaredd [8:47AM]
Interesting, hadn't seen that
jaredd [8:49AM]
Found a press release for a kiosk they worked on with CSC and I.M. Pei. Doesn't say in this release who is
handling the payments... going to dig in more.
https:/lwww.businesswire.com/news/home/20190129005585/en/ CSC-Launches-Digital-Caf%C3%A9-
I.M.-Pei-Building CSC Launches Digital Café in the I.M. Pei Building WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--CSC® today announced the opening of a unique digital brand experience in the I.M. Pei building
located in Wilmington, Delaware. The CSC ...(228 kB)
https:/lwww.businesswire.com/news/home/20190129005585/en/CSC- Launches-Digital-Caf%C3%A9-I.M.-
Pei-Building

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10/30/19
jaredd [8:01 AM]
@channel Quick question here, do we have anyone that's had previous experience w/ NorthStar POS? Not
Clubessential, they acquired NorthStar a few years back. Talking with a pretty good sized restaurant chain
looking to make a move there. https://www.agilysys.com/
Agilysys Hospitality POS, Property Management, Inventory & Procurement and, Document Management
Solutions Agilysys delivers industry leading, end to end, cloud-native, software solutions enabling modern
hospitality across hotels, resorts, cruise, corporate foodservice management, ... (136 kB)
https:/lwww.agilysys.com/
scottb [8:39 AM]
@jaredd I thought Club Essential was their new name,
Jaredd [8:47 AM]
Yea, that's what I thought too, but the Club Essential name seemed to be specific to Country Clubs & Golf.
They bought NorthStar a while back, which seems like a different division of Agilysys (NorthStar), and the folks
I'm talking with are only referencing NorthStar. I see a few restaurants in our system, but probably under
Clubessential . I was more just curious if anyone had experience taking a merchant from them. I've seen the
system a lot, haven't gotten into a deal against them yet
mikec8 [9:03 AM]
I've never really had direct experience. I'm 99% sure that those are all through TGate though.
I've never really had direct experience. I'm 99% sure that those are all through TGate though.

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11/4/19
mikec [2:55 PM]
Who knows about restaurant manager?
2:55 PM
@channel
drock [3:03 PM]
@mikec I do. What do you need to know?
mikec [3:11 PM]
They want to do a custom app integration to lighthouse. Don't know much about RM, but am familliar with
Aloha and a few others. Are those guys easy to work with? It's a 200 location chain with a single owner.
drock [3:19 PM]
@mikec It all depends... they have about 2K installs, and they can only do a semi only.
The reseller would need to push ASI.. some of the resellers can be difficult but ASI is not..
mikec [3:20 PM]
gotcha. We can't do semi. We have many integrations and a large support for it, but we simply do not offer
it. If they wanted to go full API, would that be an option?
drock [3:22 PM]
@mikec RM would need to buld it, and they do not like to do it..
I asked them and they said no.. but you can reach out to them yourself
mikec [3:23 PM]
Gotcha, thanks man.

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11/5/19
jaredd [1:04 PM]
@channel @johnd - Seeing this pop up more, anyone have good battles scars from taking on Appetize?
https://appetize.com/
Appetize Modern Point of Sale and Enterprise Management Platform Appetize Technologies is the leading
Enterprise Cloud Point of Sale (POS) and management platform for food service and retail. We're trusted
by some of the largest businesses in the world. (40 kB) https:/lappetize.coml
1 new message
johnd [1:48 PM]
@jaredd one of my team members just took one from Appetize, this past week in Princeton NJ. Let me get
more info for you
jaredd [1:48 PM]
Oh wow. Yea please do. Thanks @johnd
11/13/19
drock [8:05 AM]
@here Has anyone seen this company?
https://www.incentivio.com/
Incentivio: Restaurant Mobile App Platform | Online Ordering System Incentivio is an all-in-one restaurant
guest engagement platform that helps restaurants acquire new customers, drive online sales, increase guest
visits & spend, and reward customer loyalty. Request a demo (20 kB) https:/lwww.incentivio.coml

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12/10/19
drock [6:44 AM]
@here Has anyone seen this company? https:/lttoasttab.com/
Toast: Restaurant Point of Sale & Management System Toast is a restaurant point of sale and management
system that helps restaurants improve operations, increase sales and create a better guest experience.
(40 kB) https://toasttab.com/
mikeg [6:59 AM]
Haha lots.
One of the biggest competitors at the moment, specifically in enterprise
drock [7:03AM]
@mikeg Looking for some help, on a 5 Restaurant chain in NJ. I see they have Lighthouse, but not sure if
they are tied to Harbortouch. I do see Shift4 Payments on the ticket on the bottom.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
mikeg [7:04 AM]
Got it. I'll take a look when I'm in the office.

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12/1 6/19
drock [12:45 PM]
Has anyone seen this company before?
https://www.speedlinesolutions.com/restaurantpossoftware
Restaurant POS Software | Pizza POS System. - SpeedLine A leading provider of pizza and delivery POS
systems, with powerful tools for marketing, operations, and call center or online ordering management.
(206 kB) https:/lwww.speedlinesolutions.com/restaurantpossoftware
12/31/19
jaredd [3:51 PM]
@here - Another Maitre'D question... anyone have a recent success story for a full service restaurant using
Maitre'D, where we were able to come in and convert the merchant? I have a feeling this one would need to
remain semi-integrated. Thanks
jaredd [3:51 PM]
https://www.icr-touchusa.com/
ICR-TouchUSA - Restaurant Management System - EPoS Software for Restaurants.
ICRTouch is a leading EPoS software developer supplying EPoS systems and touchscreen till software to
businesses across many sectors. (96 kB) https:/lwww.icr-touchusa.com/
jaredd [3:51 PM]
That's it*
Sorry.
mikec [4:07 PM]
@jaredd you should check out Dinerware and Digital dining too.

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1/7/20
jaredd [9:45 AM]
@channel - Curious to know if anyone has experience or insight on Microsale? Looking for any known
challenges or issues if they are using Pay@Table.
https://www.microsale.net/
Restaurant POS Software | Micro$ale Point of Sale MicroSale is a full service restaurant point of sale
system with innovative restaurant management software to streamline your business (87 kB)
https://www.microsale.net/
1/9/20
jaredd [10:23 AM]
@here - Any chance someone on here managed the Landry's relationship in the past? I know they use
Oracle/Micros a lot, but unsure if they are entrenched with them.
jaredd [10:23 AM]
https://www.landrysinc.com/
Home - Landry's, Inc. Landry's, Inc., is an American, privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality,
entertainment and gaming corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas. Landry's, Inc. owns and operates
more than 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos and entertainment destinations in 35 U.S. states and the District
of Columbia. (45 kB) https://www.landrysinc.coml
drock [10:29 AM]
@jaredd I know most of Landry use Micros, but I do know Mastro in NYC use Dinerware, and the one in
California uses Aloha. We did a nice deal with them 2 years ago.

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1/29/20
mikec:[10:18 AM]
Has anyone had any experience taking out focus?
A bunch of my guys are running into them
mikec [10:19 AM]
https:/lfocuspos.com/
Restaurant POS Systems | Focus POS Focus POS Systems provides restaurant management software for
table service, quick service, bar, and enterprise-level businesses. Call today! (21 kB) https:/lfocuspos.com/
1/31/20
tc [2:48 PM]
Hi team. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we are now fully certified with Sterling Payment
Systems. They're a smaller processor but mainly focus on POS systems like Dinerware, Restaurant Manager
and the like. We'll be adding them to SalesForce shortly along with their associated rates.
If anyone would like an introduction, please let me know.

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2/4/20
jaredd [9:18 AM]
@drock - I know there were some rumblings of this, but any chance we have a formal relationship with
PAR/Brink? Just met with a pretty massive QSR concept, and they all run Brink today.
drock [9:29 AM]
@jaredd Yes, but only certain markets.
Call me and I will put you in contact with right person.
jaredd [9:30 AM]
Appreciate it.
2/6/20
jaredd [10:39 AM]
@channel - Anyone know much about Silverware? More specifically, any known gotchas with Pay@Table,
chip read issues, etc.
https://silverwarepos.com/
Silverware POS- Restaurant POS | Bar POS I Silverware Silverware is the leading developer of innovative
technology solutions for the hospitality industry. We provide the most powerful, easy-to- use and cost
effective POS solutions for all types of restaurants (25 bytes) https:/lsilverwarepos.coml

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2/14/20
drock [2:45 PM]
@here Has anyone see this company?
https://itsacheckmate.com/
Online Ordering Integration Platform for Restaurants | Checkmate works directly with restaurants to
automatically flow online orders into their POS system. (55 kB) https:/litsacheckmate.coml
2/25/20
jaredd [2:02 PM]
@here Another POS question, anyone have experience w/ Breadcrumb or Upserve? Looking to see any pain
points or issues specifically around EMV/Chip.
https:/lupserve.com/
Upserve | The All-in-One Restaurant Management Software Upserve is the smart restaurant management
software and POS system with online ordering, loyalty, payments, and powerful tools to help your
restaurant thrive. (57 kB) https:/lupserve.com/
jaredd [2:02 PM]
https://breadcrumb.com/
Breadcrumb: Restaurant POS System Powered by Upserve. Breadcrumb is a powerful, easy-to- use iPad,
point of sale and restaurant management platform. Breadcrumb POS, Breadcrumb Pro and Upserve by
Breadcrumb serve the unique management and point-of-sale needs for any food service establishment. (39
kB) https:/lbreadcrumb.com/

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3/11/20
jaredd [8:50AM]
@channel - Anyone ever run into Squirrel POS? More specifically, I'm curious if their Pay At Table is their
own, or if they use a third party.
https:/lwww.squirrelsystems.com/
Restaurant POS Systems | Squirrel Systems of Canada As one of the original developers of hospitality
technology, Squirrel Systems has been creating innovative point-of-sale solutions for the hospitality
industry for over three decades. (62 kB)
https:/lwww.squirrelsystems.com/
3/13/20
drock [12:40 PM]
@here Has anyone in the group seen Blockchian.com?
https:/lwww.blockchain.com/
Blockchain.com - Charting The Blockchain Economy The world's most trusted crypto company, helping
millions across the globe have an easy and safe way to access cryptocurrencies. (238 kB)
https:/lwww.blockchain.com/

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3/23/20
drock [9:24 AM]
@here Has anyone seen ItsaCheckmate lately?
https:/litsacheckmate.com/
Online Ordering Integration Platform for Restaurants |Checkmate works directly with restaurants to
automatically flow online orders into their POS system. (55 kB) https:/litsacheckmate.coml
jaredd [9:46 AM]
@drock I've had a few conversations with them in the past, haven't come across them in any deals though.
What's up?
drock [9:53 AM]
@jaredd Do they work with Harbortouch?
One of my schools want to use them.
jaredd [9:54 AM]
Hmm, good question. I'm honestly not sure, I'd have to imagine it's a pretty popular request though.

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4/6/20
scottb [1:13 PM]
Anyone out there have a tech contact at Revel?
4/22/20
drock [11:55 AM]
@here Has anyone see this POS? Or have any info..
https:/lwww.cake.net/
Software and hardware solutions for the modern retailer - CAKE Streamlining the retail experience for
more than 50,000 retailers and shoppers across Australia. (86 kB) https:/lwww.cake.net/
4/27/20
jaredd [9:31 AM]
@here - Anyone have experience w/ NCR Aloha and their "Essentials" package? Looks like it bundles some
of their SaaS offerings, curious about contract requirements, etc.

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5/7/20
drock [9:54 AM]
@channel @jaredd What do you know about restaurant365, beside they do accounting.
https:/lwww.restaurant365.com/
Restaurant Management Software I Restaurant365 Restaurant365 is a multi-award winning, all-in-one
restaurant management software that can help you increase profits by 3-5% and manage costs in real-time.
(54 kB) https:/lwww.restaurant365.com/
jaredd [10:08AM]
@drock I've come across them a few times, more so in the last 6 months. I haven't had a deal yet where a
merchant was already using them, but I know a lot of multi-unit operators rely on their back office. I've only
seen a few listed on Crunchbase, but I'm sure there are more out there 
jaredd [l0:08AM]
What's up?
5/15/20
tc [12:55 PM]
Does anyone know of or work with a company called POS Nation?
https:/lwww.posnation.com/
Point of Sale Systems for Retail, Restaurants and More |POS Nation From inventory control to customer
management, empower your business with a point of sale system from POS Nation -- serving industries like
liquor, grocery, restaurants, salons and more. (88 kB) https:/lwww.posnation.coml

Exhibit D (Docket Entry 186-4) - Declaration of J. Dennis DeAndre - Exhibit D - Internal Shift4 Communications

Page 1 & 2 are photos. It is likely that other pages do no exist.


These transcribed communications provide a revealing look into Shift4's competitive strategies and internal discussions about rivals and potential clients. There is a lot of information about how they looked at vulnerabilities of their compeditors. There is no mention of the search term "rookie".