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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (12698)	2/10/2011 1:24:19 PM
From: robert b furman	1 Recommendation Respond to of 33421

Amen, The consolidation of the exchanges proves that dark pools have sidestepped the markets exchanges and the technology has evolved beyond the good ole boy clubs. I fear I'm ignorant as to which group is worse for the individual investor persective? Bob

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (12698)	2/25/2011 1:38:29 AM
From: Elroy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33421

Sent this letter to SIMO over their website today. Doubt they'll respond, but you never know: -------------- Hello, I am a private investor holding a little over XX shares of SIMO in my personal brokerage account. I've held the shares for over a year. I wanted to introduce myself to SIMO management as my ownership position is ~X% of outstanding stock. One question for you - the short position in SIMO stock declined from 2.93 million on Jan 14, 2011 to only 41,000 on Jan 31, 2011. This change can be seen here on the Nasdaq short position website: nasdaq.com Do you know anything about how this large volume of shares was traded in this brief time? According to Yahoo finance and Bloomberg, there was a single trade of 2.9 million shares on January 19th, but this single trade was not executed during market hours. If some entity sold one short position holder 2.9 million shares, shouldn't change of ownership forms have been filed with the SEC since the seller sold more than 5% of the company (2.9 million shares is about 10% of the company). Any information that you can share about the change in short position or this specific single trade would be appreciated. If you would like to contact me about anything else involving my position in the stock I'd be glad to speak with you. Good work on the revenue growth throughtout 2010, by the way. regards,