JUDGMENT PARTIES The Plaintiff is a limited liability company with offices in the United States of America and Sierra Leone. The Defendant is the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone which is a member State of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. SUMMARY OF FACTS By a Concession Agreement made on July 25, 2007, the Defendant and the Plaintiff decided to co-operate for the sustainable exploitation of the Tama-Tonkolli Forest Reserve (65,000 ha) in East-Central Sierra Leone. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Plaintiff stated that it employed over six hundred (600) Sierra Leoneans and planted 4 million teak trees in the first 6 months of operations and had plans to plant an additional 4 million trees each year for the 20 years covered by the Agreement. The Plaintiff stated further that it invested over $19m in equipment purchases, shipping costs, spare parts and supplies to support operations, logistics, salaries, etc. Additionally the Plaintiff constructed an all-purpose, all season main Road from Masingbi past Bandakoro as well as town Roads, Feeder Roads and secondary Roads totaling 57 kilometers. The Road network consisted of sixty four (64) water crossings through twelve (12) villages. The estimated cost according to the Plaintiff, was Nine Hundred thousand to a million and one hundred thousand US Dollars ($900,000-$1,100,000). The Plaintiff also said it rehabilitated the main highway between Masingbi and Magbaurka. 2