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To: Steve Felix who wrote (13198)	11/28/2012 9:53:01 AM
From: Bocor	1 Recommendation Respond to of 34328

Well, certainly as a general sort of comment, we’d like to have a long-term model that doesn’t find us at a 100% kind of a level. It’s just not a – it’s not a comfortable place where we prefer to be, and so we’d like to imaging that we’re managing that as you sort of put it a combination of factors that impacts what’s going with Eastern Portfolio plus the impacts of the new acquisitions. So that we’d be over time, not at that kind of a level that wouldn’t be our target." SAY WHAT??? Never heard so many words that said so little:)

To: Steve Felix who wrote (13198)	11/28/2012 10:05:41 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

"This leads to a dividend payout ratio of 120%" ===== Just curious .. but .. What was the price action on the stock during the time period when the payout ratio exceeded 100% ?? Payout ratios over 100% are just not sustainable .. Some companies can and will "borrow" a few dividend payments via the issuance of debt, but that's no good in the long run either .. First "red flag" for me is failure to EARN the dividend or distribution; even if "free cash flow" will cover it in the short term .. Triff ..