The Jailhouse

[Mark Marcellus]

Then I think you're still missing Matt's point. The conduct should be the issue, regardless of the motive or position. I've been involved in several stock boards where a person with no position in the stock would have been the best person to listen to.

I also think that integrity of management is always a valid issue, whether you're talking about a penny stock or the "seventh largest company in the S&P 500". Sure there's a possibility of someone launching a vendetta against a CEO, but once again focusing on the conduct and the presentation of the facts should be enough without worrying about who owns what. For that matter, I've seen many more "vendettas" launched against so-called "bashers" who turned out to be completely accurate in their appraisal of the company than I have seen launched against CEO's who turned out to be honest upstanding citizens.