Scott, it would be a travesty to shut future conference calls to all but analysts. Here is the email I just sent to Leslie Cole.
Leslie,
As a holder of 6,000 Cymer shares, I was very reassured listening to your recent analyst conference call. In addition to giving me a much deeper insight into your quarterly results, I learned a tremendous amount about your business. I had already been recommended Cymer stock to my friends, but after listening to the conference call I redoubled my efforts.
Consequently, I was just very disturbed to read on the Silicon Investor bulletin boards that you are considering closing future conference calls to all but the analyst community. To me, this doesn't make any sense. Many, many, companies provide taped replays. Why not? It can only help to spread information.
In the latest conference call, I believe it was Dr. Akins who acknowledged that Cymer had done a lousy job of investor relations during the past year. Here is my vote for moving forward, not backward. Keep the conference calls open to all.
Jay Dreifus |
