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QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Operator: Certainly. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Frank Hayden from
Hayden Investments. Please go ahead.
<A>: Frank?
Operator: Mr. Hayden, your line is live. Please go ahead. Our next question comes from Greg
Fortuna [ph] from Carmen Equities [ph]. Please go ahead.
<Q>: Hello, gentlemen.
<A>: Good afternoon.
<Q>: I am a new shareholder and from where I am sitting I just want to let you know maybe how
it sounds. You have a great service fee business and that business is clearly significantly
undervalued compared to your competitors as I am sure you are aware of that, and you have a
business in eCOST that I mean just to name a few highlights you have added a credit card fraud. It
sounds like its taking up a lot of your time. You are writing down goodwill. If you look through
your release, everything says ex- eCOST this will be better, ex- eCOST this will be better,
ex-eCOST itll be better.
You have already stated, Mark, that you are running below your revenue and margin guidelines. If
you announce on this call that you were getting rid of eCOST, the stock would be up a dollar. I
think that I guess my question is and follow-up is what will it take for you to realize that
you are only doing a disservice to shareholders by keeping eCOST and not closing it down?
<A>: Okay. We have made a lot of information about the eCOST business. The challenges that
we have in the services business has to do with the consistency of the revenue growth model due to
the long lead times in that business. Shareholders were quite vocal about the fact that we needed
strategically to find ways to smooth out the growth of that business. Weve looked at our
strengths in technology and in our infrastructure capability and the products segments, us selling
products direct was a way for us to be able to address those concerns. We went through a very
significant transition period with a business that was in trouble last year. Going forward, we
think it will be able to be a business that will contribute significantly. So thats the strategic
plan that were on with the business and where we plan to go from there.
<Q>: Okay, but that being said, at this point, theres probably not too many shareholders who
would be unhappy. I mean, right now youre around four times EBITDA, which is not even most
deals are getting done at double that rate in your space, in your service space. You are killing
your business. This is costing money, every call you I cant imagine how much time youre
spending on this. I could hear it in all of your voices when you talk about your the service
business is very exciting, even more [audio gap]. When you talk about eCOST it sounds like you
just cant wait to get off the call. [indiscernible] to me, and you know this environment. Your
stock is cheap and a lot of shares outstanding, it doesnt take much for a few shareholders or one
shareholder to get together and force a hand. So I still you didnt really answer my question.
What is it going to take for you to get close this up, write it off, try to sell it, get rid of
it? At what point [indiscernible] make a decision?
<A>: Thank you. Next caller, please.
Operator: Our next question comes from George Walsh from Guilford Securities. Please go ahead.
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