1. Cross Border Innovation Introducing the Master Partnership Innonet Conference: Breakout Session 4 Chris Cook , Copenhagen 7th May 2009

2. Hanseatic Microfinance Initiative creat ed two partnership tools 10/06/09

3. Guarantee Society – sharing risk of non performance 10/06/09

4. Capital Partnership – sharing production & revenues 10/06/09

5. Guarantee Society Buyers 10/06/09 Pool Service Provider Services Fee Fee Guarantee Guarantee Fee Value Credit Sellers

6. Seller’s performance and buyer’s credit supported by a mutual guarantee.... 10/06/09

7. ...backed by provisions into a default pool and managed eg by banks 10/06/09

8. Guarantee Society Buyers 10/06/09 Pool Service Provider Services Fee Fee Guarantee Guarantee Fee Value Credit Sellers

9. Potential for networked cross-border Credit Clearing Union 10/06/09

10. Capital Partnership Capital Partnership Investors Customers Custodian % % £ 10/06/09 Managers

11. Conventional investment is “Equity” in Limited Companies 10/06/09

12. ....a 19 th Century legal dinosaur 10/06/09

13. ...or “Debt” - loans secured by legal claims eg mortgages 10/06/09

14. ...two conflicting claims over the same productive asset 10/06/09

15. But there’s a new furry animal out there.... 10/06/09

16. ...the 21 st Century UK Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) 10/06/09

17. An LLP is a corporate body with limited liability.... 10/06/09

18. ...and...errrr...that’s it!... 10/06/09

19. As far as the Tax Man is concerned it is a Partnership 10/06/09

20. It’s an “Open” Corporate enabling partnership working... 10/06/09

21. ... even without a written agreement 10/06/09

22. Capital Partnership – direct ‘Peer to Peer’ investment in productive assets 10/06/09

23. Capital Partnership Capital Partnership Investors Customers Custodian % % £ 10/06/09 Managers

24. “ Equity Shares” - % age shares in revenues or production... 10/06/09

25. ...or Units - redeemable in production 10/06/09

26. Example: “The Art of Flirting” – a film incorporated as an LLP 10/06/09

27. The actors received “nth’s” of the gross revenues... 10/06/09

28. ...I got 5%...and the producer the rest... 10/06/09

29. ...except that we needed lights, cameras, pizza, coffee...... 10/06/09

30. Two Capital Partners invested £10k for 20% of revenues.... 10/06/09

31. ...if there are any 10/06/09

32. Art of Flirting LLP Art of Flirting Partnership Financial Capital (Investors) Viewers Custodian % % £ 10/06/09 Human Capital (Actors, Producer, Me)

33. Everyone was on the same side 10/06/09

34. The Capital Partnership aligns stakeholder interests.... 10/06/09

35. ...but it’s not a magic bullet 10/06/09

36. ...there may be limited agreement or conflicting expectations.... 10/06/09

37. ...and partners may not see eye to eye 10/06/09

38. Capital Partnerships and Guarantee Societies are not Organisations ... 10/06/09

39. ...they do not own anything, do anything, employ anyone, or contract with anyone... 10/06/09

40. They are simply frameworks within which stakeholders self organise.... 10/06/09

41. Hanseatic Master Partnership Master Partnership Financial Capital (Money, IP etc) Users Custodians (National) % % € 10/06/09 Human Capital ( Developers, Operators)

42. … .is a simple new framework for innovative cross border development

43. ‘ Public’ = State and ‘Private’ = Corporation problems can be addressed in a new way...

44. ....transcending borders through networked two way “contrats de societé”.... 10/06/09

45. ...rather than national or international institutions and hierarchical structures...

46. ...and one way contractual relationships – adversarial “contrats de mandat” 10/06/09

47. Hanseatic Master Partnership Master Partnership Financial Capital (Money, IP etc) Users Custodians (National) % % € 10/06/09 Human Capital ( Developers, Operators)

48. Thank You 10/06/09