NewMarket Technology (fka NWMT)

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Every once in awhile I tell someone that I am going to do something and for some reason I am not able to do it. I always feel bad when that happens. The first thing I do is to contact the person and explain to them what happened. If I can do it later I let them know when I can do it and I make every effort to do it when I say. In March of 2005 Phil told hundreds of NMKT shareholders that he was going to pay them stock dividends in three NMKT subsidiaries by the end of 2005. He didn't do it. Many people have made investments based on those promises. My problem is not that this wasn't done by the end of 2005 because these things happen. My problem is that Phil has done nothing to explain to these hundreds of shareholders what happened and he has done nothing to explain what he is doing to accomplish the dividends or when they will be paid. He just keeps repeating the same promise over and over as more and more time goes by. IMHO he has turned a huge positive into a huge negative my making this a sore point with investors. A broken promise is much worse than no promise at all. It comes to a place where investors don't feel that you can trust anything you tell them when you keep breaking promises. Everybody makes mistakes and stuff happens. Whats important is how you handle it. NMKT shareholders deserve some honest answers. What happened? What is being done about it? When will it be accomplished? Period! Just be totally honest about everything and be transparent with shareholders. I have been one of the strongest supporters of NMKT for quite some time and continue to be. I feel that I have earned the right to whine a little when things aren't right. Things aren't right now and those hundreds of shareholders that made investment decisions based on the promise of stock dividends deserve some answers.