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To: Jurgis Bekepuris who wrote (39156)	9/8/2010 4:52:18 PM
From: Rainmaker888	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78729

Jurgis....UFPT - Growth came from acquisitions and organically. The company has been very prudent in it's acquisitions as evident by lack of goodwill write-offs and related one-time charges, not to mention increasing gross, operating, and net margins over time. Decent insider holdings also express corporate accountability, especially for a company like UFPT that makes frequent acquisitions Organic sales decreased recently due to the economic slowdown but the company made some good acquisitions, boosting results. Medical and military sales also offset lower sales in the auto sector. 2001 - ($0.72) - sales down due to general economic slowdown and lower demand for auto's, electronic components (packaging) 2002 - ($0.05) - soft economic demand 2003 - ($0.33) - softness in economy continues 2004 - $0.19 - economic demand picks up 2005 - $0.13 2006 - $0.49 2007 - $0.77 2008 - $0.91 2009 - $1.01 2010 - $1.48 - boosted by acquisitions The preferred share issuance has always been there for the past 10 years, however I don't see any shares currently in use.