Exhibit C  🔗 **Source:** [Exhibit C](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.293.4.pdf) > [!note]+ Document Notes > # ⚖️ WP Engine v. Automattic — Dkt. 293.4: Exhibit C — Mullenweg's RFA 45 response > **Case:** WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc., Matthew Mullenweg, WooCommerce Inc. & WordPress Foundation — N.D. Cal. No. 4:24-cv-06917-AMO (Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín; discovery before Mag. J. Ajay S. Krishnan). Late-May-2026 discovery-phase filing (fact discovery closed May 14, 2026). > **Filing:** Discovery response exhibit · By: Matthew Mullenweg > ## Summary > Mullenweg's objection-laden response to RFA 45: objects to 'exclusive license agreement' as vague, to overbreadth/lack of time limit, to foundation, and asserts California tax-return privilege, ultimately claiming a reasonable inquiry left him unable to admit or deny. > ## Key points > - Asserts tax-return privilege over the Foundation's public filings question. > - The 'cannot admit or deny' answer WPE challenges as insufficient. > ## 🏛️ WordPress governance significance > The actual evasive answer on the Foundation/Automattic license-disclosure question — a primary governance artifact. > ## 🔗 Part of > Exhibit to Dkt. 293. Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/458640603), Exhibit C, storage.courtlistener.com, 01ksftrrz1j2c61mnb2qk0c72q.