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From: Steven Sinofsky < 
To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation(ri:zmail.com> 
Subject: RE: FW: Resignation Agreement 
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:54:57 +0000 
Will call in about 30 minutes. I am about to talk to the guy at apple that was fired. 
Am talking to lawyer tomorrow 7am. 
From: Jeffrey Epstein 
Sent: 11/13/2012 10:22 AM 
To: Steven Sinofsky 
Subject: Re: FW: Resignation Agreement 
tried to call 
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Steven Sinofsky < 
> wrote: 
any suggestions? 
they are paying each of my directs (8 people) $1m over two years as a retention bonus in addition to 
promoting several of them (so more money). they are very worried I will recruit them. they would all go 
somewhere if I landed somewhere stable. 
Sent from Windows Mail 
From: Brad Smith (LCA) 
Sent: November 12, 2012 4:34 PM 
To: Steven Sinofsky 
CC: Lisa Brummel 
Subject: Resignation Agreement 
Hi Steven, 
I wanted to send to you a draft resignation agreement. 
I want to say at the outset that it's entirely up to you whether you want to enter into this type of agreement. 
As I'm sure you know, even in the absence of a resignation agreement, there are certain aspects of your 
current agreement with Microsoft that survive your employment on either a limited or perpetual basis. For 
example, certain trade secret obligations continue on a perpetual basis, while your non-compete and non-
solicitation obligations survive, but for twelve months rather than perpetually. 
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When other very senior executives have left the company after extensive years of service and making 
important contributions to Microsoft's success, we typically have entered into a formal resignation 
agreement, similar to the draft that I have attached to this email. This agreement clarifies some of your 
current obligations and enhances some others (including a non-solicitation obligation that lasts 18 rather than 
12 months), and in exchange it provides you with considerable remuneration that is designed generally to be 
comparable to the compensation benefits you would receive if you were to remain a Microsoft employee 
until next summer. 
I'm happy to walk you through any aspect of this draft and answer any questions you may have. In addition, 
it's not uncommon for an executive in this type of situation to wish to retain counsel to review this type of 
agreement. This of course is completely your decision to make, and if you wish to retain counsel we'd be 
happy to talk directly with your lawyer if that would facilitate things. I have attached a short document that 
has the contact details for two employment lawyers in Seattle that are well-regarded and have represented 
departing Microsoft or other executives in the past. This is obviously for your reference only, and as I've said, 
we'd be prepared to talk directly with any lawyer you retain, or with you directly if you wish to proceed 
without counsel. 
There's no immediate rush on any of this. If you're interested in pursuing this type of agreement, we would 
like to put things together with you by the first week of December. But between now and then I'll leave to 
you the opportunity to take a look at this and let us know whether this is something you'd like to pursue. 
Thanks. 
Brad 
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