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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 7:05:00 PM
From: sheila rothstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Hi Trufflette, Sure glad you haven't left us (you're the star of the thread.) and we have to have a reunion in Vegas when IOM reaches 40 or (20) post split. ??? what year will that be. I've been through a similar situation with a couple of tech stocks I've owned in the past and low and behold they have recovered. i.e. Micron Technology (with Kurlak's buy one week sell the next etc. (as Gary mentioned) I was lucky to exit with a small profit. Now that IOM got the s**t beat out of it (yes I do use the vernacular) some analyst will recommend them as a buy. In the meantime we're all here waiting for the inevitable recovery. SR P.S. Could anyone post IOM's Email address. I'd like to send them my opinion of what transpired recently.

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: Rocky Reid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

>>That being said, I would like to hear anyone's opinion on what will act as a catalyst to cause the stock to move up again. << OK, you asked for it. A well publicized stock buyback plan right now, using at least 1/2 of the $100MM allocated for ads, could be used.to inject some sort of confidence in the stock. Iomega management is probably weighing this option right now, but is looking for the bottom to buy their own shares "cheep." If the stock goes up significantly by the summer, Iomega could sell off some shares to pay for more ads, and still have lots of extra shares left over for options and employee incentives. I expect to hear something like this from Iomega within the next 2 weeks.

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 7:20:00 PM
From: Michael Coley	Respond to of 58324

RE: The "Good 'Ole Days" Truff, Don't be too hard on Brendan. I'm the one who started the discussion on what's [not] "fair". <G> Yes, it's great to see Bob Skinner back loading up the truck with these "cheep" shares. It's also encouraging (as someone else pointed out) to see that his spelling is as bad as ever. Always a good indicator! If you really miss Joel, we could go back and random repost some of his messages. Kind of a "Best of Joel" theme.... <G> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Rocky Reid ( 21095 ) From: Joel Sternberg Friday, Apr 25 1997 2:07PM EST Reply # 21095 of 46073 Cha-ching, Cha-ching, the Iomega Perpetual Money Machine keeps on pumping out the green stuff for us shorties. Rock, you the man. You called it perfectly. KUDOS!!! I think even Allan is ready to declare you the omniscient one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOL! - Michael Coley - wwol.com

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 7:49:00 PM
From: Linda Pearson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58324

Truff: <That being said, I would like to hear anyone's opinion on what will act as a catalyst to cause the stock to move up again.> The shipping of one or more of the delayed products. <Anyone think that the company will use the Emerald conference to make some sort of statement to the investment community?> Hasn't happened before. But, that doesn't mean there's not a first time. <Has IOM ever announced or instituted stock buybacks?> Yes, in 1996 they announced a stock buy back program. Definitely think this would be a brilliant thing to announce soon. I too, agree that the selling is fizzling out. The price ending unchanged shows the interest at this level. Not to mention the 500,000 share bid at 8.... Linda

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 8:09:00 PM
From: Spank	Respond to of 58324

Trufflette, OT happy to see you here again... -Spank

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 8:23:00 PM
From: William R. Polk	Respond to of 58324

Truff: <<That being said, I would like to hear anyone's opinion on what will act as a catalyst to cause the stock to move up again.>> We need to get past the preliminary injunction hearing on Friday up in S.F. Don't assume that the injunction will be made permanent. The good news is that Nomai has conceded that its disks do not work in all configurations of Zip (i.e. laptops) and therefore they can not and will not be allowed to claim that the disks are 100% compatible even if the injunction is lifted in some way. If the injunction is lifted (pending trial on the patents, of course), the key may well be the wording Nomai is allowed to use. Will they be allowed to say: "For use in the following Zip drives" (and then give a list of drives)? Or will they not be allowed to use the word "Zip" (which implies some sort of Iomega approval) and have to use words like: "For 100 MB drives" in a more generic sense. Who knows. I do know that IOM continues to argue that the Nomai disks (even the newer ones) can damage Zip drives and that Nomai shouldn't be allowed to sell these disks- period. <<Anyone think that the company will use the Emerald conference to make some sort of statement to the investment community?>> No. Regards, Bill Polk

To: KM who wrote (46068)	1/28/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 58324

>>That being said, I would like to hear anyone's opinion on what will act as a catalyst to cause the stock to move up again. Anyone think that the company will use the Emerald conference to make some sort of statement to the investment community? Has IOM ever announced or instituted stock buybacks?<< Trufflette - Past Emerald conferences have not produced any new information or any market reaction for IOM. I wouldn't expect anything from it. Yes, in the summer of '96 (2Q conference call, if I'm not mistaken) a stock buyback was authorized by the board. I believe it was for 300,000 shares to be purchased "from time to time" as the management desired. At the time, since the stock price was below the highs of that May and the secondary issue price of 35, many people accused Iomega of shorting their own stock. Some shares have been actually bought back since then, but not the full amount. In other words, the company could still buy back more shares from the original amount. I really doubt that would help the stock price any, though. - Allen