received mail from mark smyth visit germany, page-9

Scottie - Mate I can appreciate your scepticism here, but an issue that CVI has previously had is their lack of interest or respect in "the little people", whilst overall it is larger investors like yourself that bring stability and strength to a small company like yourself, you need only peruse the top 20 list of share holders to see that this company is made up of "little people" like jerman, or in fact myself.....and so keeping the "little people" on board, whom in turn, by word of mouth or otherwise pass on sentiment to other "little people" helps to avoid volatility to some extent.....replying to an email or saying g'day doesn't take a lot of time, but does engender a considerable amount of confidence in the share holder.....you're quite right to ask, but the midro environment is very important to a company like this....

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