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To: Bill Martin who wrote (1974)	1/1/1998 5:50:00 PM
From: Sultan	Respond to of 3696

Yahoo also shows shares o/s at 20,8 million. The float generally refers to the shares in circulation for trade. Any shares in escrow, large % of insider's holding where they might have to file notification for intent to sell etc. are excluded from the float. Share o/s numbers are always larger then the float numbers.

To: Bill Martin who wrote (1974)	1/1/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 3696

RE: "... Value Line shows 20.6M shares and the AAII Stock Investor CD shows 19.5M average outstanding shares ... Is the 14.3M "Float" shares you refer to something different from the shares outstanding or is this simply a case of various reference sources disagreeing?" I believe that the "float" does not include 5 million shares owned by management. Best wishes, I2