To: jmhollen who wrote (864 ) 8/1/2002 10:16:04 PM From: jmhollen Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1275 VOLUME(o): NPCT Volume 43% > 20-adsv, Stock EVEN THURSDAY , JULY 25, 2002 01:41 PM This is the 3rd VOLUME alert for NPCT in the past 7 calendar days. Trading for Nanopierce Technologies Inc (OTCBB: NPCT) has been heavier than usual in today's session. By 13:40 ET, the stock had already traded 147,100 shares via 31 trades. The cumulative volume is 42.50% above than its 20-day average of 103,225. Normally the stock experiences around 34 individual trades per session. So far, today's volume surge has not had a net effect NPCT's stock price. At the time of this alert, the stock was trading at $0.680, even for the day. One year ago, the Company's shares closed at $0.740. The price has declined more than 8 percent since then. Over the last 10 trading session NPCT has traded in a range between $0.590 and $0.930 and is currently trading 61.14% below its 52-week high of $1.750 set on January 25, 2002 and 19.30% above its 52-week low of $0.570 from December 11, 2001. In the previous 3 sessions, NPCT trading has displayed a negative trend. Closing results have been as follows: July 24, 2002 --- closed at $0.680 down $0.050 (-6.85%) on 441,700 shares July 23, 2002 --- closed at $0.730 down $0.080 (-9.88%) on 226,300 shares July 22, 2002 --- closed at $0.810 down $0.060 (-6.90%) on 128,200 shares The Company last released news on July 22, 2002: "ExypnoTech Gmbh Hires Production Manager for Smart Inlay Production in Rudolstadt; Final Acceptance of Production System At F&K Delvotech" NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES INC Nanopierce Technologies, Inc. researches, develops and markets its proprietary, NanoPierce Connection System. The NCS is an electrical or electroless process using metallized, hard, microscopic, such as industrial diamond dust, which can be deposited onto a contact surface.