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To: Craig Freeman who wrote (6541)	7/27/1999 7:17:00 PM
From: Jason Rooks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Where can I check the short interest in SNDK? I am wondering, with such a small float, if a "short squeeze" is occurring. Jason

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (6541)	7/27/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: rll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 60323

Craig, The following is a list of block trades > 5000 shares in volume for the past few trading days. I chose 5000 shares since that now represents > $350,000. 96.4% stock owned by institutional and insiders is hard to believe. Date Time High Low Close Volume 7/27/99 16:15:20 71.562 71.5 71.562 5,300 7/27/99 16:14:29 71.625 71.5 71.5 5,300 7/27/99 16:13:00 71.375 71.187 71.375 9,800 7/27/99 13:19:09 71 71 71 5,400 7/27/99 13:11:31 71.187 71.125 71.125 5,600 7/27/99 12:11:34 71.5 71.375 71.375 7,100 7/27/99 12:08:37 71.75 71.375 71.75 12,100 7/27/99 12:07:14 72 71.5 71.5 14,700 7/27/99 11:44:23 71.375 71.125 71.125 6,300 7/27/99 11:29:25 70.875 70.75 70.875 5,100 7/27/99 11:16:06 71.25 70.25 70.625 31,000 7/27/99 10:59:16 70.625 70.062 70.062 5,800 7/27/99 10:58:08 70.25 70.125 70.25 5,200 7/27/99 10:56:45 70.75 70.5 70.75 10,000 7/27/99 10:29:42 70.625 70.062 70.375 7,200 7/27/99 10:28:08 70.625 70.125 70.5 6,600 7/27/99 10:17:40 71 70.812 71 8,200 7/27/99 10:12:16 71 71 71 5,000 7/27/99 10:06:34 71.375 70.875 70.875 7,200 7/27/99 9:52:05 72.625 70.5 72.625 8,800 7/26/99 15:57:53 70 69.937 70 5,800 7/26/99 15:56:35 70 69.875 69.937 8,900 7/26/99 15:55:07 69.937 69.875 69.937 18,800 7/26/99 15:52:02 70 69.875 69.875 5,600 7/26/99 15:50:16 69.937 69.875 69.937 6,700 7/26/99 15:38:10 70 69.75 70 5,800 7/26/99 15:11:00 70.25 69.75 70 8,700 7/26/99 14:43:49 70.125 70 70 6,100 7/26/99 14:43:02 70.125 70.062 70.062 5,000 7/26/99 14:36:33 70 70 70 10,000 7/26/99 14:31:21 70.125 69.875 69.875 5,500 7/26/99 14:29:04 70.375 69.875 69.875 5,100 7/26/99 13:56:14 70.812 70.75 70.812 10,200 7/26/99 13:46:11 71 70.5 71 8,400 7/26/99 13:08:34 71.312 71 71.312 10,100 7/26/99 13:03:24 71.125 71 71 7,000 7/26/99 12:42:08 70.5 70.5 70.5 5,900 7/26/99 12:41:36 71.125 70.5 70.5 5,600 7/26/99 11:59:11 71.25 70.75 71.062 5,400 7/26/99 11:58:14 71 70.25 71 26,600 7/26/99 11:56:44 70.375 70.187 70.375 48,700 7/26/99 11:40:13 70.25 70.187 70.25 11,100 7/26/99 10:56:12 70.375 70.125 70.125 14,900 7/26/99 10:54:47 70.437 70.125 70.281 5,000 7/26/99 10:52:26 70.125 70.125 70.125 10,000 7/26/99 10:47:33 70.5 70.062 70.125 6,700 7/26/99 10:46:12 70.5 70 70.5 16,000 7/26/99 10:44:45 70.125 70.125 70.125 8,200 7/26/99 10:27:26 69.812 69.75 69.812 5,100 7/26/99 10:18:36 70 69.5 69.5 7,000 7/26/99 9:53:00 70.25 70 70 11,900 7/26/99 9:52:11 70.25 70 70.25 5,200 7/26/99 9:45:55 70.5 69.25 70 8,900 7/26/99 9:44:46 69.562 68.187 69.562 17,400 7/26/99 9:39:06 68.187 68.125 68.187 5,300 7/26/99 9:37:14 68.75 68.125 68.75 8,300 7/23/99 15:59:33 69.875 69.812 69.875 8,900 7/23/99 15:57:41 70 69.812 69.812 31,600 7/23/99 15:56:39 70 69.937 70 58,900 7/23/99 15:55:08 70 69.75 69.937 27,600 7/23/99 15:53:19 69.937 69.75 69.937 28,400 7/23/99 15:51:55 70 69.812 70 9,300 7/23/99 15:45:15 70 69.75 69.75 8,000 7/23/99 15:44:06 70.125 69.75 70.125 18,600 7/23/99 15:34:04 69.25 69.25 69.25 5,000 7/23/99 15:23:27 69.625 69.125 69.25 7,200 7/23/99 15:20:36 69.75 69.125 69.125 5,100 7/23/99 15:19:03 69.75 69.5 69.5 5,500 7/23/99 15:10:56 69.937 69.687 69.687 7,200 7/23/99 15:10:04 70 69.75 69.937 22,000 7/23/99 15:08:39 70.25 69.937 70 5,100 7/23/99 15:06:34 70.25 70 70.25 11,300 7/23/99 15:02:29 70 69.812 70 54,000 7/23/99 15:01:09 70 70 70 12,500 7/23/99 14:59:38 70 69.687 70 29,200 7/23/99 14:47:34 69.875 69.625 69.625 25,800 7/23/99 14:45:28 69.75 69.625 69.75 12,000 7/23/99 14:28:10 70.125 69.875 70 9,100 7/23/99 14:23:24 70.125 69.812 69.812 7,800 7/23/99 14:21:50 70.062 69.875 69.875 5,000 7/23/99 14:20:16 70 70 70 6,400 7/23/99 14:00:43 69.875 69.75 69.875 9,500 7/23/99 13:40:05 70.625 70.375 70.625 8,800 7/23/99 13:35:41 70.406 70.375 70.406 9,000 7/23/99 13:22:19 70.937 70.937 70.937 5,000 7/23/99 13:07:35 71.062 70.937 70.937 10,000 7/23/99 12:52:53 71.5 70.875 70.875 7,100 7/23/99 12:52:04 71.625 71.125 71.375 6,500 7/23/99 12:50:36 71.625 71.375 71.562 12,700 7/23/99 12:44:12 71.25 70.875 71.25 10,500 7/23/99 12:43:13 70.875 70.625 70.875 5,600 7/23/99 12:41:42 71 70.5 71 18,600 7/23/99 12:36:44 70.5 70.5 70.5 100,000 7/23/99 12:29:18 70.875 70.75 70.875 13,900 7/23/99 12:25:50 70.937 70.812 70.937 10,100 7/23/99 12:12:58 70.75 70.625 70.625 12,300 7/23/99 12:11:37 70.937 70.937 70.937 8,300 7/23/99 12:00:54 70.5 70.375 70.5 14,400 7/23/99 11:58:09 70.625 70.375 70.375 7,900 7/23/99 11:49:33 70.125 70.125 70.125 5,100 7/23/99 11:42:25 70.687 70.687 70.687 5,000 7/23/99 11:35:08 70.875 70.75 70.812 17,600 7/23/99 11:25:11 70.812 70 70.5 13,500 7/23/99 11:21:26 70.125 70 70.125 7,400 7/23/99 11:14:43 70.125 69.875 70.125 6,500 7/23/99 11:07:13 69.75 69.25 69.25 8,000 7/23/99 11:05:36 69.375 68.375 69.375 7,800 7/23/99 11:03:38 69 68.25 68.25 14,000 7/23/99 11:02:45 69.75 69 69 7,700 7/23/99 10:59:07 70 69.375 69.843 12,000 7/23/99 10:55:15 70.187 69.5 69.5 8,500 7/23/99 10:53:42 70.437 70.125 70.125 11,300 7/23/99 10:52:06 70.437 70.312 70.312 8,300 7/23/99 10:37:14 70.5 70.062 70.5 11,900 7/23/99 10:33:55 70.75 70.25 70.312 5,800 7/23/99 10:32:19 70.312 70.25 70.25 11,200 7/23/99 10:31:07 70.5 70.25 70.312 12,200 7/23/99 10:27:57 70.375 70.25 70.375 5,400 7/23/99 10:22:06 71.375 71 71.125 14,900 7/23/99 10:17:07 71.625 71.375 71.375 7,700 7/23/99 10:16:11 71.5 71.375 71.375 6,200 7/23/99 10:14:42 71.5 71.5 71.5 6,900 7/23/99 10:11:42 71.5 71 71.25 22,200 7/23/99 10:10:15 71.125 71 71.125 7,900 7/23/99 10:08:37 71.125 70.875 71.125 17,500 7/23/99 10:07:16 71.187 70.875 70.937 23,200 7/23/99 10:05:30 71.125 70.875 71.125 10,200 7/23/99 10:04:17 71.375 70.875 70.875 11,400 7/23/99 10:01:06 71.5 71.25 71.5 12,200 7/23/99 9:55:07 72 71.5 72 6,300 7/23/99 9:53:39 72.75 72.375 72.375 6,400 7/23/99 9:47:44 73.5 72.437 72.5 7,100 7/23/99 9:45:56 73.5 72.625 72.75 13,900 7/23/99 9:44:42 73.062 72.687 72.687 5,100 7/23/99 9:38:02 73.25 72.687 72.687 8,100 7/23/99 9:37:16 73.5 73 73 6,900 7/22/99 16:01:03 75 74.5 74.75 5,400 7/22/99 15:59:38 75.125 73.75 75.125 11,600 7/22/99 15:57:51 74.5 71.75 71.75 5,900 7/22/99 15:51:56 74.25 73.75 73.875 11,600 7/22/99 15:50:19 73.875 73.75 73.75 7,700 7/22/99 15:47:36 74.5 73.875 73.875 5,000 7/22/99 15:44:39 74.625 73.875 74.437 5,500 7/22/99 15:33:58 72.562 72.062 72.5 10,400 7/22/99 15:27:31 72.375 72.125 72.375 5,000 7/22/99 15:26:33 72.562 72 72.562 11,800 7/22/99 15:23:13 72.125 72 72 5,200 7/22/99 15:14:03 72.875 72.75 72.875 8,000 7/22/99 15:13:07 72.875 72.75 72.75 5,300 7/22/99 15:10:02 72.875 72.5 72.875 5,700 7/22/99 15:07:00 72.937 72.25 72.625 5,800 7/22/99 15:03:50 72.625 72.5 72.5 12,000 7/22/99 15:02:36 72.75 72.5 72.5 7,100 7/22/99 14:53:40 72.5 71.875 72.5 6,400 7/22/99 14:47:31 71.812 71 71.312 5,600 7/22/99 14:41:33 71.75 70.562 70.562 5,400 7/22/99 14:40:11 71 70 71 9,600 7/22/99 14:34:00 70.125 69.75 70.062 11,200 7/22/99 13:58:57 70.062 69.75 69.75 6,200 7/22/99 13:03:59 68 67.937 68 9,800 7/22/99 12:54:53 68.312 68 68 16,900 7/22/99 12:29:00 68.625 68.187 68.625 8,500 7/22/99 12:27:44 68.406 68.187 68.187 7,100 7/22/99 12:24:18 68.187 68.187 68.187 5,200 7/22/99 12:20:25 68.937 68.5 68.5 11,200 7/22/99 12:18:50 68.687 68.5 68.625 15,200 7/22/99 11:40:05 68.812 68.625 68.625 7,300 7/22/99 11:19:13 69 68.625 69 7,900 7/22/99 11:16:01 69.5 68.375 68.375 5,500 7/22/99 11:07:04 69.5 68.625 68.875 6,400 7/22/99 11:04:10 69.75 68.625 69.75 9,300 7/22/99 10:44:40 70.5 70 70.5 5,700 7/22/99 10:37:00 71.25 71 71 8,300 7/22/99 10:35:45 71 70 71 8,800 7/22/99 10:32:36 70.375 69.625 70.375 6,300 7/22/99 10:28:12 70.25 69.25 69.375 5,500 7/22/99 10:22:13 70.5 69.562 70.5 8,600 7/22/99 9:59:42 69.25 69 69.25 5,600 7/22/99 9:56:45 69.25 69 69 10,700 7/22/99 9:52:01 69 68.75 68.75 7,800 7/22/99 9:50:45 69 68.75 68.75 11,600 7/22/99 9:35:46 69 67.875 68.875 11,500 7/21/99 15:59:29 71 70.75 70.75 5,800 7/21/99 15:58:07 71 70.75 71 14,300 7/21/99 15:52:36 70.5 70.125 70.5 6,100 7/21/99 15:49:04 71 70 71 6,200 7/21/99 15:47:24 70.75 70 70.75 7,000 7/21/99 15:37:04 70.5 70 70.125 16,600 7/21/99 15:35:32 71 69.937 70.5 16,500 7/21/99 15:17:02 68.5 68.5 68.5 5,100 7/21/99 15:15:44 69.5 69 69.375 6,300 7/21/99 15:08:17 69 68.062 69 5,200 7/21/99 15:05:36 68.687 68.125 68.25 5,500 7/21/99 14:59:19 69 67.75 68.875 7,500 7/21/99 14:47:39 67.25 66.562 66.937 13,700 7/21/99 14:17:40 65.5 64.75 65 6,600 7/21/99 14:11:12 65.687 64.75 64.75 7,400 7/21/99 13:58:56 65.25 65.062 65.25 5,300 7/21/99 13:41:34 65.125 65 65 10,000 7/21/99 13:33:25 65.75 65.25 65.625 6,200 7/21/99 13:30:51 66 65.75 65.75 5,300 7/21/99 13:24:35 66.375 65.937 66 5,100 7/21/99 13:19:02 66.125 65.75 65.875 5,300 7/21/99 13:14:10 67 66.5 66.5 5,200 7/21/99 13:13:10 67.25 66.75 66.75 11,800 7/21/99 13:10:09 67.5 67.125 67.312 10,300 7/21/99 12:53:16 67.5 67.062 67.062 6,300 7/21/99 12:51:15 67.25 67.125 67.125 8,000 7/21/99 12:46:07 66.75 66.5 66.625 6,700 7/21/99 12:44:21 66.812 66.625 66.625 8,100 7/21/99 12:43:12 66.75 66.5 66.625 11,200 7/21/99 12:41:41 67.375 66.75 66.75 12,800 7/21/99 12:37:02 68.625 68 68.062 8,400 7/21/99 12:25:49 68.687 68.687 68.687 5,000 7/21/99 12:17:38 69.25 68.562 68.562 5,800 7/21/99 12:14:32 69.25 69.125 69.125 6,300 7/21/99 12:13:14 70 69.125 69.25 7,100 7/21/99 11:47:13 70.125 69.25 69.25 5,100 7/21/99 11:44:43 70.375 70 70.312 12,600 7/21/99 11:42:58 71.062 70.25 70.25 9,500 7/21/99 11:41:44 70.812 70.375 70.375 10,200 7/21/99 11:38:42 71.875 71.312 71.75 25,100 7/21/99 11:34:14 72 71.5 71.625 7,800 7/21/99 11:31:41 72.125 71.75 72.125 7,900 7/21/99 11:31:00 72.562 71.875 72.5 11,600 7/21/99 11:29:43 72.5 71.75 72.5 14,300 7/21/99 11:28:11 72 71.25 71.875 11,800 7/21/99 11:18:52 71 70.5 70.5 11,800 7/21/99 11:08:32 70.625 70 70.125 17,900 7/21/99 11:07:14 70 69.75 70 17,900 7/21/99 11:05:29 70 68.75 69 22,500 7/21/99 11:04:11 69.125 68.875 69 5,000 7/21/99 10:52:33 68.75 68.75 68.75 6,000 7/21/99 10:52:02 68.75 68.25 68.375 5,200 7/21/99 10:38:29 69.375 68.75 68.75 6,100 7/21/99 10:34:14 68.75 68.5 68.5 6,000 7/21/99 10:32:16 68.875 68.75 68.75 5,600 7/21/99 10:31:14 68.75 68.25 68.625 11,200 7/21/99 10:29:42 68.687 68.062 68.625 12,900 7/21/99 10:26:33 68.25 67.875 68.25 7,700 7/21/99 10:21:57 67.5 67.187 67.437 7,100 7/21/99 10:20:42 67.5 66.437 67.5 11,000 7/21/99 10:19:16 67.125 65.437 67.125 13,800 7/21/99 10:11:29 65.187 65.187 65.187 6,000 7/20/99 15:54:59 65 64.25 64.25 6,500 7/20/99 15:42:51 66.062 65.625 66 6,900 7/20/99 15:37:08 66.5 66.25 66.5 5,200 7/20/99 15:32:02 66.875 66.375 66.625 11,700 7/20/99 15:31:04 66.875 66.25 66.625 9,200 7/20/99 15:27:50 66.875 66 66.875 14,700 7/20/99 15:26:19 66.125 66 66.062 13,800 7/20/99 15:25:08 66.062 66.062 66.062 7,100 7/20/99 15:19:45 65.375 65.375 65.375 7,500 7/20/99 15:13:00 66.312 65 65.875 14,100 7/20/99 15:11:40 65.5 64.75 65.5 15,100 7/20/99 15:02:31 64.812 64.5 64.625 6,100 7/20/99 14:40:03 64.5 64.25 64.375 13,000 7/20/99 14:08:30 64.25 64.25 64.25 9,200 7/20/99 13:34:00 64.375 63.875 64.375 9,800 7/20/99 13:00:50 64.125 64 64 13,300 7/20/99 12:32:10 64.562 64.25 64.562 7,100 7/20/99 11:40:11 64.25 63.75 64.25 15,100 7/20/99 11:14:38 64.125 64 64.125 5,100 7/20/99 11:13:12 64.25 64.125 64.125 6,300 7/20/99 11:11:45 64.312 64.125 64.25 27,200 7/20/99 11:06:59 64.187 64.125 64.156 7,700 7/20/99 11:05:28 64.187 64.156 64.187 5,900

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (6541)	7/28/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Bruno Cipolla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

re: "leaving <1M shares for us retail investors!" Art, if you subtract my million shares (i am not floating it!) there is nothing left to trade, that explains the high price. Bruno

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (6541)	7/28/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Craig, thanks for the link on insider trading. This one is easy to read and to access, and worth looking at periodically. Note that the most recent transactions are on SEC Form 144, which is an intent to sell, rather than a sale itself. It is normal for officers and directors to file 144s periodically, as it makes for much less hassle when they really decide they want to sell. Note also that the low purchase price of shares for some of the insiders reveals how companies like SNDK are able to attract top talent. Employment contracts frequently allow options to be purchased at prices well below market. This is a less expensive form of salary, since if the options are exercised more than a year after they are purchased, the net profit will be a capital gain, taxable at 20 percent, instead of ordinary income, taxed at close to double that amount. The recent insider transactions here are quite normal looking. But if I see a whole mess of sales in the next few months, with insiders holding virtually nothing after the sales, then I might start worrying about whether it's finally time to sell at least some shares. Art