Based on the court documents available for Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC, several exhibits were part of the case. I will identify the exhibits that contain text messages and the phrase "Need to know basis" and provide the content of those, performing theoretical on any sealed portions that were filed and are part of the case record.

Case Background

The case, Card Connect, LLC v. Shift4 Payments, LLC, was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The docket number is 2:17-cv-04958.  The lawsuit involves a contractual dispute and alleged trade secret misappropriation related to payment processing technology and business relationships.

I will now pinpoint the exhibits that fit your requested criteria, extract, and theoretical (as needed).

Exhibit Identification and Content Extraction with theoretical (where applicable):

1. Exhibit 8 (Docket #88-10 and Sealed 89-35) Corrected Exhibit 8 to Shift4 Payments, LLC's Corrected Motion for Summary Judgment and Shift4 Payments, LLC's Corrected Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment.

This document is the deposition transcripts from Jared Isaacman.

This document has sections containing relevant textual information.

There seems to be some truth inside with multiple conversation related to it.

Q And the email says, quote: I don't think we need to let CardConnect know we no longer have an interest in this one. Let's let them keep doing their work. Just tell them we're -- just tell them we're still evaluating it and their call wasn't that helpful.

End of quote, page 3, lines 10 to 14. And then next line, do you agree with that email? A Yeah. I agree with that email. Q Okay. Is that how you would describe your policy to your employees about how to treat CardConnect, just let them keep doing their work but mislead -- mislead CardConnect about whether Shift4 still has interest in the opportunity? A I don't know. I'm not really sure. Q Have you ever told any of your employees to mislead CardConnect about a particular opportunity?

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A No. Q Do you recall ever having a conversation with Mr. Oder about using the logo, the Shift4 logo on the top of this webpage, yes or no? A I don't recall. Q You don't recall? A (Shakes head.) Q Is the answer no? A I'm sorry. The answer is I don't recall. Q You have -- you have to speak up. A Oh, I'm sorry. MR. McCAULEY: The record -- the record should reflect the witness was shaking his head. THE WITNESS: I don't recall.

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Q You can't shake your head. The Court Reporter doesn't see you shaking your head. A I apologize. I don't recall. I'm doing my best. Q Mr. Isaacman, are you a robot? A No. Q Okay. Are you familiar with the term captcha? A Yes. Q What does that mean, sir? A It's a term, it's an online mechanism to distinguish between a human being and kind of a robot form filler online. Q Okay. And would you describe your behavior in this deposition today as robot-like? A Not intended. Q Not -- MR. McCAULEY: Objection. Argumentative. Q (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Not intended? A Not intended. Q I just have yes or no for an answer to the question. MR. McCAULEY: Objection. Q (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Do you know if Shift4 has a policy against sharing information with CardConnect about other customers or opportunities that Shift4 is pursuing? A I don't believe so. I mean there were

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various reasons throughout our relationship that we shared less information. I mean, it was either on a need-to-know basis. It could have been because we just didn't think it was necessary, or some of it could have been, as you're suggesting, that, you know, after we were notified of litigation that we should curtail some communications, you know, so that we wouldn't have to repeat the same thing in depositions like this. Q Okay. Was there a particular Shift4 employee in charge of deciding what information was and was not shared with CardConnect, or did everybody just decide on their own? A It really varied throughout the relationship. Q Did Mr. Oder have responsibility in that area? A Yes. Q He did. And he could decide what to be shared and what not to be shared? A Yes. Q Was that -- did that vary by what kind of customer it was? A No. Q No.

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Q. And what did you understand Shift4's obligations were under that joint development agreement? A. To use commercially reasonable efforts to bring a product to market. Q. Is that -- is that product the CardSecure P2PE product? A. Yes. Q. Did you ever form an opinion yourself as to whether Shift4 complied with its commercially reasonable efforts to bring the CardSecure P2PE product to market? MR. McCAULEY: Objection to form. THE WITNESS: Yeah, I would say we did. We spent a lot of time on it. Q. (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Okay. And -- so your view is that Shift4 complied with its commercially reasonable efforts to bring the CardSecure P2PE product to market? A. Yeah. I mean, we spent a really long time on it. Q. Do you recall discussing with anyone at Shift4 whether Shift4 was complying with its obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts? MR. McCAULEY: Objection to form. THE WITNESS: I'm sure at some point, although I don't have specifics, it may have come

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up at some point in time. Q. (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Do you know what Shift4 described to CardConnect about its effort to bring the CardSecure P2PE product to market? A. CardConnect was aware that we were, you know, communicating with various hardware manufacturers, that the product was certified, you know, that it was -- we were really trying to get merchants, you know, live on it within our base. Some of the challenges we were encountering, I mean, were known to CardConnect. Q. Those manufacturers you referenced before, did those include -- did those include BBPOS and Ingenico? MR. McCAULEY: Objection to form. THE WITNESS: Yeah, it definitely included Ingenico. I think it was probably Verifone and BBPOS. I don't recall. Q. (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Okay. Do you recall when the CardSecure P2PE product was certified? If you don't, that's okay. Just let me know. A. I don't recall the exact date. Q. Okay. Was it the end of 2014 or the end of 2015 or somewhere in between? A. It was probably in between. Q. Okay. A. I mean -- yeah.

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A. Yes. Q. Directing you to the third e-mail down -- well, all right. Let's just start at the beginning of the chain. The first e-mail is from you. Correct? A. Yes. And it's to Randy Oder and Taylor Laurendine? A. Yes. Q. Do you recall this e-mail exchange? A. Not specifically, no. Q. All right. Would you read for me your e-mail. A. Sure. Quote: Just reengaged with them. They are going to execute an LOI right now for the first 500 units. We should have a call right after to prioritize. Need to be sensitive with CC on this since the P2PE product is not yet PCI-certified. End quote. Q. Do you recall sending that e-mail? A. I mean, I can see that I sent it, but I don't have a specific recollection of sending the e-mail, no. I send a lot of e-mails. Q. Okay. It's August 10th, 2016. What does "CC" stand for?

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A. CardConnect. Q. In what way did you need to be sensitive with CardConnect regarding the P2PE product not being PCI-certified? MR. McCAULEY: Objection to form. THE WITNESS: Well, at this time we did not have our own certified P2PE product. CardConnect had their fully certified CardSecure P2PE product. We were working on our own. I think we were just encouraging them to pursue really large opportunities for us to begin with since, A, you know, per the e-mail, we didn't have a certified product, and they did, but they weren't going to be leveraging us for components of it. So that -- you know, that's the reference of need to be sensitive with CC there. Q. (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) How do you reconcile this e-mail with your earlier testimony that Shift4 was trying to sell the CardSecure P2PE product? MR. McCAULEY: Note my objection. THE WITNESS: I would say that we were trying to sell it to the customers in which it, you know, made the most sense for, I would say, like large, complex hospitality-type environments where there was a lot of work, you know, that was going to be required by us regardless.

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I mean, the reality is that we were bringing a P2PE product to market that was -- that was going to be for customers that were exclusively, you know, using, you know, Shift4 for all of its components. So that -- you know, that, I think, would address your sensitivity with CC, as well as, you know, that we were still trying to pursue, you know, the customers that made the most sense on CardSecure P2PE. Q. (BY MR. STUHLDREHER) Okay. We're limited in time today. We can take that up more at trial. A. Okay. Q. Do you r