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To: Maya who wrote (50619)	1/28/2001 6:34:11 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

There is another article in Globes at globes.co.il (English edition, Technology part) on Broadcom's acquisition of VisionTech. The article alleges that of the 8 million shares Broadcom spent to acquire VisionTech, 2.67M went to VisionTech. The remaining 5.34M shares are set aside for future customers who will buy the VisionTech developed chip from Broadcom. This does not sound terribly legal. In essence Broadcom is creating a stash of money that it will use to bribe customers who will buy its chips. I think the SEC and FTC might be interested in these kind of accounting and business practices.