`NYSCEF DOC. NO. 19
`
`INDEX NO. 653451/2019
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`RECEIVED NYSCEF: 03/10/2020
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`SUPREME
`COUNTY
`
`OF THE
`COURT
`OF NEW YORK
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`TIMOTHY
`
`MEYER
`
`-against-
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`Index
`
`No.
`
`653451/2019
`
`SKY ALTERNATIVE
`BLUE
`BLUE
`INVESTMENTS
`LLC,
`ALTERNATIVE
`INVESTMENTS
`INTERNATIONAL
`BEAUMONT,
`
`LIMITED,
`LTD.,
`
`BSAI
`and DIGBY
`
`SKY
`
`ROCHE
`OF FABIAN
`DECLARATION
`OF DEFENDANTS'
`SUPPORT
`TO PLAINTIFF'S
`OPPOSITION
`TO SERVE
`MOTION
`FOR LEAVE
`AMENDED
`COMPLAINT
`
`IN
`
`AN
`
`PTY,
`
`Defendants.
`
`ss:
`
`) )
`
`)
`
`STATE
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`COUNTY
`
`OF NEW YORK
`
`I, Fabian
`
`Roche,
`
`being
`
`duly
`
`sworn,
`
`depose
`
`and
`
`says:
`
`DECLARATION
`
`OF FABIAN
`
`ROCHE
`
`I, Fabian
`
`Roche,
`
`declare
`
`and
`
`state
`
`as follows:
`
`1.
`
`I am over
`
`the
`
`age of eighteen
`
`and am otherwise
`
`competent
`
`to testify
`
`to the
`
`facts
`
`set
`
`forth
`
`in this Declaration.
`
`All
`
`statements
`
`contained
`
`in this Declaration
`
`are true
`
`and
`
`correct
`
`and
`
`are
`
`that
`
`are made
`
`upon
`
`information
`
`belief.
`
`based
`
`on my personal
`
`knowledge,
`
`except
`
`such
`
`facts
`
`and
`
`capacity
`
`2.
`
`3.
`
`I am currently
`
`a Partner
`
`at RBP
`
`Partners
`
`LLC
`
`("RBP").
`
`I have
`
`served
`
`in
`
`this
`
`since
`
`approximately
`
`August
`
`of 2019.
`
`I was
`
`formerly
`
`employed
`
`by Blue
`
`Sky
`
`Alternative
`
`Investments
`
`LLC
`
`("Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC")
`
`as an Investment
`
`Director
`
`from
`
`approximately
`
`June
`
`of 2015
`
`to August
`
`of 2019.
`
`4.
`
`Digby
`
`Beaumont
`
`("Beaumont")
`
`and
`
`Harry
`
`Picone
`
`("Picone")
`
`are
`
`also
`
`former
`
`employees
`
`of Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`5.
`
`I was
`
`never
`
`an owner
`
`or principal
`
`of Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC and
`
`neither
`
`were
`
`Beaumont
`
`or
`
`Picone.
`
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`6.
`
`I, along
`
`with
`
`Beamont
`
`and
`
`Picone
`
`created
`
`RBP
`
`in or
`
`about May
`
`of
`
`2019.
`
`RBP
`
`became
`
`an active
`
`corporate
`
`entity
`
`once
`
`our
`
`employment
`
`with
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC ended
`
`in August
`
`of
`
`2019.
`
`owners.
`
`7.
`
`8.
`
`9.
`
`RBP is a new
`
`and
`
`separate
`
`entity
`
`from
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`RBP is neither
`
`a successor
`
`nor
`
`a mere
`
`continuation
`
`of Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`RBP and Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC do not
`
`share
`
`the
`
`same
`
`corporate
`
`officers
`
`and have
`
`different
`
`10.
`
`RBP did
`
`not
`
`purchase
`
`of Blue
`
`or otherwise
`
`acquire
`
`the
`
`assets
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`RBP did
`
`not
`
`assume
`
`the
`
`liabilities
`
`of Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC is not
`
`a shareholder
`
`of or a related
`
`party
`
`to RBP.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC continues
`
`to exist
`
`in substantially
`
`the
`
`11.
`
`12.
`
`13.
`
`same
`
`form
`
`it previously
`
`has,
`
`albeit
`
`no longer
`
`actively
`
`pursuing
`
`new
`
`U.S.
`
`investments
`
`14.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC and
`
`its
`
`related
`
`entities,
`
`which
`
`RBP is
`
`not
`
`have
`
`the
`
`same
`
`as existed
`
`Plaintiff's
`
`employment.
`
`one,
`
`substantially
`
`assets
`
`during
`
`15.
`
`Upon
`
`infonnation
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`not
`
`only
`
`does
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC
`
`still
`
`exist,
`
`it was
`
`not
`
`turned
`
`into
`
`an empty
`
`shell,
`
`and
`
`its
`
`assets
`
`have
`
`not
`
`been
`
`stripped
`
`and
`
`transferred
`
`to RBP.
`
`16.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`continues
`
`to perform
`
`certain
`
`obligations
`
`relation
`
`to
`
`its U.S.
`
`business,
`
`including
`
`investment
`
`reporting,
`
`asset
`
`valuations,
`
`accounting,
`
`in
`
`tax
`
`and
`
`other
`
`administration
`
`and
`
`compliance
`
`functions
`
`and
`
`remains
`
`a
`
`filing,
`
`treasury
`
`ftmetioning
`
`entity.
`
`viable
`
`17.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and
`
`belief,
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`retains
`
`its
`
`economic
`
`interests
`
`in the
`
`assets
`
`it managed.
`
`18.
`
`RBP has no real
`
`estate
`
`or growth
`
`capital
`
`investments,
`
`is not
`
`pursuing
`
`any
`
`currently,
`
`and
`
`is not
`
`raising
`
`capital
`
`or
`
`investing
`
`in agriculture
`
`or hedge
`
`funds
`
`(and
`
`has
`
`no plans
`
`to do so).
`
`19.
`
`Unlike
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC's
`
`diversified
`
`alternatives
`
`strategy,
`
`RBP
`
`has
`
`a
`
`very
`
`specialized
`
`investment
`
`focus
`
`around
`
`energy
`
`transformation
`
`and
`
`operational
`
`energy
`
`infrastructure
`
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`investments,
`
`and
`
`doesn't
`
`currently
`
`participate
`
`in most
`
`lines
`
`of
`
`business
`
`and
`
`strategy
`
`formerly
`
`pursued
`
`at Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC.
`
`20.
`
`Of all
`
`the investments
`
`managed
`
`by Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC,
`
`RBP took
`
`over
`
`just
`
`one (esVolta)
`
`when
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC closed
`
`its U.S.
`
`Office.
`
`21.
`
`RBP took
`
`over management
`
`of
`
`esVolta
`
`because
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC did
`
`not
`
`have
`
`any
`
`viable
`
`alternatives
`
`to manage
`
`the
`
`investment
`
`and
`
`it
`
`provided
`
`continuity
`
`to
`
`investors
`
`as RBP
`
`asset while
`
`at Blue
`
`Sky.
`
`principals
`
`had
`
`been managing
`
`the
`
`22.
`
`Upon
`
`information
`
`and belief,
`
`Blue
`
`Sky
`
`LLC retains
`
`managerial
`
`control
`
`of all other
`
`investments.
`
`I declare
`
`under
`
`penalty
`
`of
`
`perjury
`
`under
`
`the
`
`laws
`
`of
`
`the
`
`State
`
`of New
`
`York
`
`that
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`is true
`
`and
`
`correct,
`
`and
`
`that
`
`this
`
`declaration
`
`is executed
`
`on
`
`10 May
`
`2020
`
`Subscribed
`W.n
`appeared
`
`and
`
`sworn
`
`(2cxi
`before
`
`me.
`
`before
`to
`, proved
`
`me
`on
`to me on the
`
`this
`basis
`
`(9
`
`of
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`day
`satisfactory
`
`of
`evidence
`
`v C1-
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`to be the
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`, 202O,
`person
`
`by
`who
`
`Notary
`
`Public
`
`.
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