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EXHIBIT A

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Plaintiff, v. Factory Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant. Affidavit of Susan Plotnick In Support of Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Opposition to Defendant's Motion To Change Venue Civil Action No, 07-420

STATE OF MARYLAND )ss. COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

SUSAN PLOTNICK, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1. I have been the Risk Manager and Assistant Treasurer for the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute ("HHMI") from 1988 to the present. lam personally familiar with the facts and circumstances set forth herein. 2. In my capacity as the Risk Manager, I am responsible for, among

other things, the negotiation and procurement of HHMI's property insurance, a task which I have always performed from HHMI's headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 3. Until August 31, 2004, HHMI's blanket property insurance policies

were procured with the assistance of James Smith, an insurance broker in Willis' office in Bethesda, Maryland. 4. From September 1, 2004 to the present, HHMI's blanket property

insurance policies were procured with the assistance of Charles Reilly, an insurance

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broker in Aon's office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Audrey Greening, an insurance broker in Aon's office in Washington, D.C. 5. Throughout HHMI's relationship with FM, there have been many

account executives serving as the contact for HHMI at FM. Deborah Almo, who worked out of FM's office in Reston, Virginia, was the contact for HHMI for only a short period of time in the past and not recently. 6. For several years until the present, my contact at FM has been

Peter Hardinge, who works out of FM's office in Reston, Virginia. 7. In 2005, HHMI bought a $500,000,000 blanket property insurance

policy (the "Policy") to cover over 60 locations in approximately 25 states across the United States for the policy period April 1, 2005 April 1, 2006.
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8. Policy. 9.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the

In procuring the Policy, I spoke on the phone and communicated

via email from my office in Chevy Chase, Maryland with Charles Reilly in Philadelphia, Audrey Greening in Washington, D.C. and Peter Hardinge, in Reston, Virginia. 10. There was one face-to-face meeting (the "Meeting") between HHMI

and FM relating to the procurement of the Policy. 11. The Meeting took place at HHMI's headquarters in Chevy Chase,

Maryland on January 20, 2005. I do not recall Deborah Almo attending the January 20, 2005 Meeting. 12. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of the

Agenda from the January 20, 2005 meeting.

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13.

Consistent with his practice of previous years, some time after the

Policy was issued, Peter Hardinge delivered a copy by hand to my office in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 14. HHMI has sought coverage under the Policy for its losses

stemming from a fire at HHMI's Janelia Farm campus on February 5, 2006. Most, if not all, of the HHMI employees involved in pursuing this insurance claim work at HHMI's headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 15. HHMI has received partial payments from FM totaling just over $3.5

million on the insurance claim at issue. 16. Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 are true and correct copies of the

check stub and wire transfer records from FM's partial payments to HHMI on the insurance claim at issue.

Dated:

August 9, 2007 Susan Plotnick

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