FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 08/11/2015 08:49 AM

NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF NEW YORK
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AMIRA NATURE FOODS, LTD.,
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Plaintiff,
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- against :
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PRESCIENCE POINT RESEARCH GROUP LLC,
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PRESCIENCE INVESTMENT GROUP LLC, SPRUCE :
POINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, BEN
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AXLER, EIAD ASBAHI,AND JOHN DOES NOS. 1-10, :
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Defendants.
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INDEX NO. 652775/2015

RECEIVED NYSCEF: 08/11/2015

Index No. ________________

Date Filed: August 11, 2015
SUMMONS WITH NOTICE
Plaintiff designates New York
County as the place of trial.
Venue is proper pursuant to
CPLR 503(a).

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear in this action by serving a
copy of your notice of appearance upon the undersigned within twenty (20) days after the service
of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is
complete, if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the state of New York. In
case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the notice set forth below.
NOTICE:
The nature of this action is for damages and injunctive relief based upon claims for
defamation, trade libel, civil conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and tortious
interference with prospective economic relations, including but not limited to interference with
banking relationships, auditors, investors and capital markets, violations of federal securities law,
and other claims arising out of defendants attempt to damage plaintiffs reputation and business
and manipulate its stock price through the dissemination of actionable false and misleading

statements concerning plaintiffs business, as well as other conduct, as part of an organized

scheme to harm that business.
The relief sought includes, but is not limited to, reputational damages, monetary
damages, special damages, punitive damages, costs, and fees, injunctive relief, and such other
relief as is just and proper.
Upon your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the
amount of plaintiffs damages, plus statutory interest thereon, and fees, as the Court may award.

Dated: New York, New York

August 11, 2015
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES
& FRIEDMAN LLP

By:

/s/ Michael J. Bowe

Michael J. Bowe
(mbowe@kasowitz.com)
Jennifer S. Recine
(jrecine@kasowitz.com)

1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10019
Tel: (212) 506-1700
Attorneys for plaintiff Amira Nature Foods, Ltd.

To:

Prescience Point Research Group LLC

301 Main Street, Suite 1910
Baton Rouge, LA 70825
Prescience Investment Group LLC
301 Main Street, Suite 1910
Baton Rouge, LA 70825
Spruce Point Capital Management LLC
1991 Broadway
Apartment 27A
New York, New York 10023
Ben Axler
1991 Broadway
Apartment 27A
New York, New York 10023
Eiad Asbahi
301 Main Street, Suite 1910
Baton Rouge, LA 70825