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PFSweb, Inc.
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Q1 2008 Earnings Call
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million shares. But if youre going to do a reverse split, its more important to get it above the
penny stock category than it is how many shares you have outstanding, okay?
So could you elaborate a little bit on what kind of safeguards youre going to put in to defend
yourself here against the bear rates that are going to come in here? Id be very surprised if they
didnt. And the same institutions that you had chatted with, that they had expressed that fact
that they couldnt do anything under the present circumstances, have they, now under this
circumstance, indicated that theyre going to be buyers of the stock here? So Im more concerned
about the safeguards here and how you came to 4.7 and not realized that its still left at
technically in penny stock territory, Mark.
<A Mark Layton>: Okay. I think I got the pieces of your question in here. I guess the
first question on safeguard is weve got to continue doing what were doing, which is delivering
financial performance.
<Q John Fitzgerald>: Mark, youve done well on that but it hasnt helped you till now.
Youve done very well on that. Youve shown progress I dont mean to interrupt you. But the
progress has been there and the share price decline continues, okay? What were worried about now
is youve diluted this thing and put it squarely in the bulls eye category of the shorts, whether
your advisors might want to believe that or not, okay? But Ive been doing this 40 years and I can
tell you, that is the history of splits that do something like this, okay?
And that is extremely disconcerting to see you do that off such a very solid good quarter. It
basically says to shareholders that we cant get this stock above $1 off this kind of quarter. It
makes no sense. And the guys that are telling you they might have an interest if you do a reverse
split, I got to question their sincerity, okay? So now were exposed again here a little bit up at
the $4 level on a 10 million share outstanding on the float side of it. Very disconcerting. Is
there any this is a done deal? Do we assume correctly that youre going to do the 1-for-4.7?
<A Mark Layton>: Yes. Its a done deal. We had an approval for a maximum of 1-to-6 so we
couldnt make it a $10 stock regardless of where we were at.
<Q John Fitzgerald>: No but you could have made it over five. Thats...
<A Mark Layton>: John, let me finish, okay? Theres other callers waiting here.
<Q John Fitzgerald>: No. I know that but Ive been with you for three-and-a-half years on
this and shareholders have been very patient and loyal here, Mark. And to see this occur at this
stage is very disconcerting to them, Ive got to tell you. Go ahead. Ill let you finish now. Go
ahead and tell me the rest what youre going to do.
<A Mark Layton>: Okay. So as I mentioned in my prepared comments, the competitive
situation for us, particularly with the general public, who dont understand the mechanics of share
prices and splits and the fact that many of them paint us into a category of a company with
financial difficulties because of the de-listing notice. Having that hang over there has created
an atmosphere for us that makes the competitive environment more difficult. That was the number
one factor for us in terms of the decision process that we went through in evaluating the pros and
cons of the deal.
<Q John Fitzgerald>: In spite of your balance sheet and everything?
<A Mark Layton>: Weve delivered the financial performance the last year now.
<Q John Fitzgerald>: Correct.
<A Mark Layton>: And the market hasnt responded.
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