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Client disclosure reporting period: 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2014

Authorizing Officer name	Gregory Slyfield
Title	Executive Director, State & External Affairs
Business name	Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Address	One Health Plaza, Bldg. 701/444
City, state, zip code	East Hanover, NJ 07936
Country	US
Business interest	Pharmaceutical Industry

Compensation/Salaries Paid

Lobbyist or Entity name	Salaries
Sara Johnson Davis	$30,500.00
Bay State Strategies Group, LLC.	$36,000.00
Total salaries paid	$66,500.00

Operating Expenses

Date	Type of expense	Amount
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Advertising expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Photocopies, scans	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Computer equipment, supplies	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Professional dues	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Fax charges	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Internet fees	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Legal fees	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Postage, shipping, delivery	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Office supplies, equipment	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Printing expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Public relations expenses	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Rent	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Office and support staff salaries	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Professional subscriptions	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Taxes	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Telephone, cell phone, handheld	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Utilities (heat, water, electricity)	$0.00
7/1/2014-12/31/2014	Other operating expenses	$0.00
	Total operating expenses	$0.00

Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses

Date	Event type	Event location	Names and addresses of all event participants	Amount
07/14/2014	Travel	Gulf Gas Station, Westborough, MA	Reimbursed travel expense for lobbyist Sara Johnson Davis; Address: 3 Hunter Drive West Hartford, CT 06107	$41.62
09/23/2014	Travel	Parking, Woods Hole, MA	Reimbursed parking expense for lobbyist Sara Johnson Davis; Address: 3 Hunter Drive West Hartford, CT 06107	$39.00
10/14/2014	Travel	Parking, Woods Hole, MA	Reimbursed parking expense for lobbyist Sara Johnson Davis; Address: 3 Hunter Drive West Hartford, CT 06107	$39.00
11/15/2014	Travel	Parking, Marriott Cambridge	Reimbursed parking expense for lobbyist Sara Johnson Davis; Address: 3 Hunter Drive West Hartford, CT 06107	$30.00
			Total amount	$149.62

Additional Expenses

Date from	Date to	Lobbyist name	Recipient name	Expense	Amount
11/01/2014	11/01/2014		Reimbursed travel expense for lobbyist David K. Shapiro; Address: 7 Jacqueline Circle Natick, MA 01760	Travel related to State Gov’t Affairs meeting in NYC on May 29-30, 2014 reimbursed in November 2014	$1,186.00
				Total amount	$1,186.00

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