Here is what I currently have on ownership of stock:
Shares Held by Insiders, Funds and Institutions
Top Institutions...............Report Date......Shares Held.....Percent Held WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT.........12/31/97..........397,000............6.62% OBERWEIS ASSET MGMT INC.......12/31/97..........113,600............1.89% MUNDER CAPITAL MGMT. INC......12/31/97..........92,700.............1.55% FIDELITY MGMT & RES CORP......12/31/97..........37,800.............0.63% GRUBER & MCBAINE CAP MGT......12/31/97..........15,600.............0.26% Top Funds................. FIDELITY LOW-PRICED STK.......7/31/97...........149,600............2.49% FIDELITY ADV STRAT OPPTY......11/30/97..........105,400............1.76% OLSTEIN FINL ALERT FUND.......12/31/97..........99,600.............1.66% OBERWEIS MICRO-CAP PTF........06/30/97..........65,000.............1.08% MUNDER SMALL CAP VAL FD.......06/30/97..........20,000.............0.33% Total Funds and Institutions..................1,096,300..... Orbit-Alchut Technologies.....................3,700,000.... Total Closely held............................4,796,300 Issued (as of 31 Dec 97)......................6,000,000 Shares issued-AEMI Acquisition...................72,969 Dilutive Effect of Options (Sep 97).............280,875 Balance.......................................6,353,844 Current Float.................................1,276,669
Current float excludes dilutive effect of options. The dilutive effect of options is not current, but I don't have the new figure yet. Nevertheless, the float indicates in part why average volume is so low. By the way, current estimates for the next quarter are at 0.15-0.16 per share.
regards, Louis |