Investment Research Associates - Page 600




                                       - 93 -                                         
          contract with Cox and to award the management contract to                   
          Connolly.                                                                   
               Ostroff told Connolly that Prudential wanted him to manage             
          the Gateway Hotel.  Ostroff informed Connolly that he would have            
          to establish a management company of his own and that all hotel             
          employees would have to be employees of Connolly's hotel                    
          management company.16  Establishing such a hotel management                 
          company, however, presented a problem for Connolly.  The                    
          management company would be required, among other things, to                
          employ a financial manager and an accounting staff to prepare and           
          issue the financial reports required by Prudential on the Gateway           
          Hotel's operations.  The full-time employment of such personnel             
          to perform these and other required services could well be                  
          uneconomical, since Connolly's company would be managing only one           
          or two hotels.                                                              
               Ballard introduced Connolly to Eulich.  Eulich also knew               
          Kanter from certain prior business ventures in which Kanter had             
          helped raise capital.  Kanter and Eulich were aware Connolly                
          would need assistance for his hotel management company.  Eulich             
          also wanted Eulich-Management's business to include the                     
          management of a number of large hotels.  He believed that                   



          16                                                                          
               Prudential did not want to have its employees involved in              
          operating the hotel and did not want any of the hotel's employees           
          to be Prudential employees.                                                 





Page:  Previous  83  84  85  86  87  88  89  90  91  92  93  94  95  96  97  98  99  100  101  102  Next

Last modified: May 25, 2011