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vs Departmentof justice ExhibitAtoRegistration Statement

Washington

D 20530

Pursuant

to the ForeignAgentsRegistration

Act

of

1938 as amended

INSTRUCTIONS.Furnishthis

exhibit

forEACHforeignprincipallistedinahinitial

statement

andfo rEACHadditional foreignprincipalacquired

subsequently.The

filing of

this document requires the payment

o f

a

filing fee

as setforth

in

Rule

dXl ) ,28

C.F.R.

5.5(d)(l).Compliance

is

accomplished by filingan electronicExhibitAformathttp://viAwv.fara.gov.

Privacy

Act

Statement,The

filing of

thisdocument

is

required

by

the Foreign Agents Registration

Act of

1938, asamended,

22

U.S.C.

611 el

seq.,

fo r

the

purposes

of

registration

under

the

Act

and public disclosure. Provision

of

the

information

requested

is

mandatory, and failure to provide this

informationis subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions established

in

Section

8 of

the

A ct

Every registrationstatement,shortform

registration

statement,

supplemental

statement,

exhibit,

amendment,

copyofinformational materials or other document or

information

filed withthe

Attorney General under.thisAct is apublic record opentopublicexamination,inspection and copying during the postedbusinesshourso fthe

RegistrationUnit

in

Washington,

DC. Statements

arealsoavailable

online

at the Registration

Unit's

webpage:

http:#wvyw.fara.gov.

One copy

o f

every such document, other than informational materials,isautomatically provided

o

heSecretaryofStatepursuanttoSection6 b) oftheAct,and

copies

o f

any and

all

documentsare

routinelymade

available

to

other

agencies,

departmentsand

Congress

pursuant

to

Section

6 c) of

the ActThe

Attorney General

also

transmits a semi-annual reporttoCongressonthe administrationo ftheAc twhichlistsdienamesof allagentsregisteredunder

the

Ac t

and the

foreign

principals theyrepresent This report

is

available

to

the public

in

print

and

online

at:http;/,www

.fara.gov.

Public Reporting Burden. Public reporting burdenforhiscollectionof

information

isestimated toaverage.49hoursperresponse,includingthe

time

fo rreviewing

instructions, searching existingdatasources,gathering and maintaining thedata

needed,

and completing and

reviewing

he

collectionof

information.Send

comments regarding this burden

estimate

or any otheraspectofthis collectionof

information, includingsuggestions

for

reducingthisburden

to

Chief, RegistrationUnit,CounterespionageSection,National SecurityDivision,

U.S.

Department

of

Justice,Washington,

DC

20530;

andtotheOfficeo f

Information

and Regulatory

Affairs,

Officeo fManagement and Budget,

Washington,

DC20503.

1.

Name and Address

o f

Registrant

Podesta

Group, Inc.

1001G

Street

NW,Suite 1000 West

Washington,

DC

20001

2. Registration No.

5926

3. Name

o f

Foreign Principal

The

Center

fo r

Studies

andMedia

A ffairs

atthe Saudi

Royal Court

4. Principal Address o fForeign Principal

The 5audi Royal Court

Al

Riyadh

PO

B o x H I I I

5. Indicate whether your

foreign

principal isone

of

thefo l lowing:

0 Government o faforeign country

1

Foreignpoliticalparty

Foreignordomestic organization: feither, check oneo fthefo l lowing:

Partnership

Committee

Corporation Voluntary group

Association

Other specify)

Individual-State nationality

6. fthe foreign principalis aforeign government,state:

a) Branchor

agency represented

by the registrant

Saudi Royal ourt

b)

Name

and

title

of

official with

whomregistrantdeals

H.E.SaudA.A l-Qahtanl, onsultantat theSaudi Royal ourt

7.

f

the

foreign

principalis a

foreignpolitical

parry,state:

a) Principal

address

N/A

b) Name andtitleo fo ff icia l withwhom registrantdeals N/A

c)

Principal aim

N/A

1 Governmentof a

foreign

country, as definedinSection1 e) of he Act,

includes

anypersonor

group

ofpersonsexercising

sovereign

defactoordejurepolitical jurisdiction

overanycountry, other

than

the

United

States,or overany

part

ofsuchcountry,and

includes

anysubdivisionofanysuchgroupandany

group

or

agency

towhichsuch

sovereign

de

factoor

de

jure authority or funttions aredirectlyorindirectlydelegated.Such term shall include any

faction

orbodyof insurgentswithinacountry assumng

o

exercise

governmental

authority

whether

such

faction

orbodyofinsurgentshasorhasnot

beenrecognized

bytheUnitedStates.

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8. fthe foreign principal is not a foreigngovernmentor a foreignpoliticalparty:

a) Statethenature

o f

thebusinessor

activity

of

thisforeignprincipal.

N/A

b) Is this

foreign

principal:

Supervisedby a foreigngovernment,foreignpoliticalparty, or

other

foreign principal Yes No El

Owned by a foreigngovernment,foreignpoliticalparty, or

other

foreign principal Yes No 13

Directed by aforeign governmenti foreignpoliticalparty, or

other


Controlled by a foreigngovernment,foreignpoliticalparty, or

other


Financedby a foreigngovernment,foreignpoliticalparty, or

other


Subsidizedinpartby a foreigngovernment,foreignpoliticalparty, or

other


9. Explain

fully all

items

answered

Yes

in

Item 8(b).

Of

additional

space

is

needed,

a j u l l

insert

page

must

be

used)

N/A

10.

f

the

foreign

principal is ah organization and is not owned or controlled by a foreign

government,foreignpolitical

party orother

foreign

principal,

state

who

owns

and

controls

it.

N/A

EXECUTION

In

accordance

with

28 U.S.C. 1746, the

undersigned

swearsor affirmsunderpenalty

o fperjurythathe/she

hasreadthe

information setforth

in

this Exhibit

to the registration

statement

and

thathe/she

is familiar

with

the

contents

thereof and

that

such

contents

are

in

their entirety

true

andaccurateto thebest

o f

his/her

knowledge

and belief.

NameandTitle

ate

o f

ExhibitA NameandTitle

Signature-

. _

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OMB NO.1124-0004; Expires February 28,2014

u.s. Department of Justice

Exhibit

B

to

Registration

Statement

WashingtonD 20530 Pursuanttothe Foreign

Agents

Registration Act of

1938 as

amended

INSTRUCTIONS.

A

registrant mustfurnishas anExhibitBcopies

of

eachwrittenagreementand thetermsand conditions

of

eachoralagreement

withhis

foreign

principal,

including

al lmodificationso fsuch

agreements,

o r,where no contract exists, a

ful lstatement

o f

al l

thecircumstancesby

reasono fwhichthe registrant

is

acting as anagentofaforeign principal Compliance is accomplished

by

filingan electronicExhibitBformat

http.7/www.fara.gov.

PrivacyAct

Statement

Thefiling o fthis document is requiredfo rthe Foreign Agents RegistrationA ctof1938,as

amended,

22U.S.C.611et seq..

fo r

thepurposeso fregistrationunderthe

Ac t

and public disclosure. Provisionoftheinformationrequested

is

mandatory, andfailure

to

provide

dieinformationis subject

to

the penalty

and

enforcement provisionsestablished

in

Section8

o f

the Act Every registrationstatement,shortform

registration

statement,

supplemental

statement,exhibit,amendment,

copyof

informational

materialsorother document or

information

filed w iththe

Attorney GeneralunderthisAct isa public record opentopublic examination, inspection and copying during thepostedbusinesshoursofthe

RegistrationUnitinWashington,DC.

Statements

are

also

available online at the Registration Unit'swebpage:http://wvyw.fara.ggv. One copyof

everysuchdocument, other maninformationalmaterials, is automatically provided

to

theSecretaryo fStatepursuant

to

Section

6 b )

ofthe

Act,

and

copies

o fany andal l

documents

are routinely

made

availabletoother

agencies, departments

and

Congress pursuant

toSection6 c)o fthe Act

The

Attorney General

also

transmits a semi-annual reportto

Congress

onthe administrationoftheAct-whichlists the

names

of

allagents

registered

under

theActand the

foreign

principals they

represent

This report is availableto thepublicinprintand onlineat:htrp:/Avww.fara.gov.

Public Reporting

Burden.

Public reporting burdenfo r

thiscollection

of

information

isestimatedtoaverage33

hours

perresponse,

including

the

timefo rreviewing instructions,searchingexisting

data sources,

gathering and maintaining the

data needed,

and completing and reviewing the

collection

ofinformation.Send commentsregarding this burdenestimateor any otheraspectofthis

collection

ofinformation, including

suggestions

fo r

reducing this burden to Chief, RegistrationUnit,CounterespionageSection,National SecurityDivision,

U.S.

Department ofJustice,Washington,

DC 20530; andtothe

Office

oflnforinaiionand Regulatory

Affairs,Office

o f

Management

and Budget, Washington,DC20503.

1.Name

o f

Registrant

Podesta

Group, (he

2.

Registration

NO.

5926

3. Name

o f

Foreign

Principal

TheCenterforStudiesand MediaAffairsat the Saudi Royal Court

Check AppropriateBox:

4. [xj

Theagreementbetween the registrant and the

above-named

foreign principalis aformal writtencontract.

I f

this box is

checked, attach a

copy

o f

the contract

to

this

exhibit.

5. There is noformal

written

contract between the registrant and theforeign principal.The

agreementwith

the

above-named

foreignprincipalhas resulted

from

an

exchangeo fcorrespondence.

I fthis box

is

checked, attach a

copyo fall

pertinent

correspondence,

includinga copy

o f

any

initial

proposalwhichhas

been

adopted

byreferencein

such

correspondence.

6. Theagreementor understanding between the registrant and theforeign principalis the result

of

neitheraformal written

contract nor

an

exchange

o fcorrespondence

between the parties. I fthis box is checked, give a complete description below

of

dietermsand conditions

o f

the oralagreementor understanding,itsduration, the

fees

and

expenses

i fany,tobe received

.

7. Describe

fully

the

nature

and method

o f

performance

o f

the

above

indicated

agreement

or understanding.

Registrant

will

provide public relationsservicesasrequestedfortheCenter.

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Describefullythe

activities

the registrant

engagesin or

proposes

to

engage

in onbehalf

ofthe

above foreign principal.

Registrantwillassist

in

communicating

priorityissuesonbehalf

of

theCentertorelevant

UJ5.audiences.

9. Willthe

activities

on

behalf

oftheaboveforeign p rincipal

include

po litical

activities

as

defined

inSectionl o )oftheAc tandin

the footnote below? Yes B No

I fyes ,

describeallsuch

po liticalactivitiesindicating,among

other

things,

the relations,interests

orpoliciesto beinfluenced

togetherwiththemeanstobe employedtoachieve

this

purpose.

Theactivitieslisted in Item 8willbe undertakeninordertocommunicateInformation

about

theCentertointerested

personsin

thepublicsector.

E X E C U T I O N

In

accordance

with

28

U.S.C.

1746,

the undersigned

swears

or

affirms

under

penalty

of

perjury

that

he/she

has

read

the

informationset

forth

n

this

ExhibitBto the

registration

statementandthathe/sheis familiarwiththecontents

thereof

and thatsuch

contentsareintheir entiretytrue and

accurate

tothe

bestofhis/her

knowledgeandbelief.

Name

and Title

PvVffc Cff

Sig

Footnote:

Political activity asdefinedin

Section

l o )ofthe Actbeansany activity which theperson engaginginbelieveswill,orthatthepersoniWdsto, icany wayinfluence

anyagencyorofficialoftheGovernmentofthe UnitedStatesoyany sectionofthepublicwithin the UnitedStateswith

reference

to formulating, wowing, orchangingthe

domestic

or foreign

policiesof

the United

States

or

with

referencetothepolitical or

public

interest

policies,

orrelations

of

a government

of a

foreign

country

or

aoreign

political

parry.

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ENGAGEMENT AGREEMENT

This Engagement Agreement

( Agreement )is

effective August 24,2015 by

and between

The Center

for Studiesand MediaA ffairs atThe SaudiRoyal Court ("The

Center"),

andthe Podesta

Group,

with Its

office locatedst1001G Street NW. Suite

1000West,

Washington,

DC 20001

(together, "the Parties").

The Parties agree as follows:

Services

The Podesta Group shall provide public relations servicesto The

Cents"

("the Services'").

Prior A uthorization

The Podesta Groupisnot authorizedto

make

any public statements, presentations or publications in

connection with this Agreement withoutadvanceauincrization/c^ byarepresentative from The

Center.

Term

The Podesta GroupshaHperform the Servicesduringthe period comrnencing on August

20,2015,

and

continuing through September 30,2015.

Payrnenj;

The Center shallpay thePodesta Groupaproject feeoftwo hundred thousand dollars (US

$200,000) upon receipt of

an

invoice from the Podesta

Group.

Wire instructions

areas

follows:

Bank Name":*. ..-

Acct Name

All payments shallbe duewithin thirty(30) daysofreceiptofinvoiceorwork shallbeimmediately

suspended until all outstanding invoicesare paidinfull.Allordinary, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses

incurred

by the

Podesta Group while providing

the

Services shall

be

reminbursed,

at

cost,

by The

Center upon receipt

of

an

invoice from

the

Podesta Group

at

the end

of

the

Term.

All expenses shall

be

itemized,

and any expenses in excess ofUS$10,000

shall

be approved

by The

Center in advance.

Confidentiality

The Podesta Group recognizes that in the course ofour representation, we could become awareof

information, practicesorpolicies, which you w ish kept confidential. ThePodesta Groupshsl not,

during the term of this Agreement or afterwards, disclose any proprietary or confidential

information learned

In the

course

of

its representation

of

TheCenter without prior written consent

ofTheCenter,

to

the extent permitted by aw.

Governing aw.god UltMVm

The Agreement shall be governed

by the

lawsof

the

District of Columbia

and

the

UnitedStates.

The

language of

the

Agreement

shall be

English.

Acci#:

Routing#:

Swift Code:

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Amendment

This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the partiesandmay notbemodified

or

amended except by

an

instrument in writing by the Parties.

Termination of Agreement

This Agreement may

be

terminated by the Podesta Group orThe Center at

the

election of either party,

with or without

cause,

upon the givingof

reasonable

notice.

at

The

Saudi

Royal

Court

signed

by:

HJE.Saud

Al Qahtard

President o f

the

Center

for Studies and

Media

A ffairs

atthe Royal

Court

Date:

-

25/672015 Date: 10/9/2015

AGREEDTO :

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