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To: FARA who wrote (3796)	12/17/1997 12:46:00 AM
From: Zebra 365	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Looks like a real smoking gun here <g> Form 144 Filings - Insider sales: Ticker...Company Name...Month..Share Value..#Shares...Avg Price..Remark* VVUS.........VIVUS......11/97......250,000...10,000....25.00.....1: A ........................09/97....4,892,812..164,306....29.78.....4: A, D, N, S ........................08/97....1,509,021...51,833....29.11.....2: D, U ........................07/97....3,399,375..115,000....29.56.....6: C, 3D, F, P Remark - A: affiliated person, C: chairman, D: director, F: CFO/treasurer, N: none, P: CEO/president, S: shareholder, U: unknown viwes.com Thanks for the link (No, they did not have October) Zebra

To: FARA who wrote (3796)	12/17/1997 8:35:00 AM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 23519

-- On insider sales - for 11/97 - shows 10,000 shares sold by an "affiliate." -- Does anyone know what an "affiliate" is? -- Also, if you look at the activity, you'll see that: 1. No shares sold in Oct 2. No pattern of sales "all of a sudden" 3. No front running Out.

To: FARA who wrote (3796)	12/17/1997 8:59:00 AM
From: Navigator One	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Give another analysis to this. In November insider sales dropped dramatically from 7-figures to 1/4MM, with only a single associate selling. Let's take him/her out to the parking lot. Otherwise, it looks fine. (An associate is the girlfriend?) DATE TOTAL SHARES PRICE WHO 11/97 $ 250,000 10,000 25.00 1: A 09/97 $ 4,892,812 164,306 29.78 4: A, D, N, S 08/97 $ 1,509,021 51,833 29.11 2: D, U 07/97 $ 3,399,375 115,000 29.56 6: C, 3D, F, P

To: FARA who wrote (3796)	12/17/1997 9:42:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

According to a source who I consider reliable, and who has access to a Bloomberg machine, Bloomberg reported yesterday that three insiders sold shares in November. Traders on The Street don't mess with web sites to get their insider sales info: many of them get it from Bloomberg. If anyone (like blankmind) wants to call me a liar, have them check out a Bloomberg machine first. That's where the info came from, not from any web site. That's what I said all along! Yntema sold some shares, and a VP named something like Julian Gangold sold all of his shares. And one other insider whose name I didn't write down also sold shares. 1 + 1 + 1 = 3