That isn't what was said. I never stated EI issued shares to them specifically for promotional purposes, but once the shares were issued to specific sources, ie.. BB - EA THEY did run promotions.
Fundamentally, the more reason for EI to stop ongoing affairs (loans in lieu of shares) with these sorts. Good grief, do we need to mentioned the recent transaction with Highwater? They got a better deal with NAR (IMO), that's how bad it was.
C'mon, let's not turn relevant honest statements into spin.