ࡱ>  XW !"#$%&'()*+,-./012356789:;<=>?@ABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVYZ[\_]^a`bRoot Entry FN __nameid_version1.0(A @ __substg1.0_00020102*__substg1.0_00030102* &(*.1456789:;<=>?@ABCDEHLSTUVFcontent-classeIPM.NoteRE: CNDD: additional questionsSMTP:JROSS@BUSHROSS.COMRE: __substg1.0_00040102*__substg1.0_10180102*__substg1.0_001A001F*__substg1.0_0037001F*<__substg1.0_003B0102* __substg1.0_003D001F*__substg1.0_003F0102* A__substg1.0_0040001F* ܧ@B+//O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STKSteve Kirsch+nTJere RossSMTPJross@bushross.comJere Rossܧ@B+//O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STK__substg1.0_00410102* \__substg1.0_0042001F* __substg1.0_00430102* A__substg1.0_0044001F*Steve KirschEX:/O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STKEX:/O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STKSMTPJross@bushross.comCNDD: additional questionsĄ{977K$x-EX__substg1.0_00510102*(__substg1.0_00520102*(__substg1.0_0064001F*__substg1.0_0065001F*$__substg1.0_0070001F* 4__substg1.0_00710102*__substg1.0_0075001F*__substg1.0_0076001F*H/O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STKEX/O=PROPEL/OU=SV/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=STK+nTJere RossSMTPJross@bushross.comJere Ross__substg1.0_0077001F*__substg1.0_0078001F*H__substg1.0_007D001F* __substg1.0_0C190102*\Microsoft Mail Internet Headers Version 2.0 Received: from smtp-nav.propel.com ([172.16.0.201]) by exchg02.propel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:05:16 -0700 Received: from mta4.propel.com ([172.16.0.200]) by smtp-nav.propel.com (SAVSMTP 3.1.1.32) with SMTP id M2004081710034425297 for <steve.kirsch@propel.com>; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:03:44 -0700 X-Propel-Return-Path: <Jross@bushross.com> Received: from mail55.messagelabs.com (mail55.messagelabs.com [216.82.240.35]) by 172.16.0.200 ([172.16.0.200]) (Propel SE filter 0.1.0.1114) id i48Q100103D-7789-c8 for steve.kirsch@propel.com; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:01:04 -0700 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: Jross@bushross.com X-Msg-Ref: server-8.tower-55.messagelabs.com!1092762437!11559036 X-StarScan-Version: 5.2.10; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [65.217.9.194] Received: (qmail 7739 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2004 17:07:21 -0000 Received: from mail.bushross.com (HELO clayface.gotham.com) (65.217.9.194) by server-8.tower-55.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 17 Aug 2004 17:07:21 -0000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C4847C.9B032142" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Subject: RE: CNDD: additional questions Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:06:58 -0400 Message-ID: <A180228AD8E5FA42A0F1DF8D934435210C8EB8@clayface.gotham.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: CNDD: additional questions Thread-Index: AcSEe4DLOaE39Df+S8C9tCQdmO7eeAAALZ4A From: "Jere Ross" <Jross@bushross.com> To: "Steve Kirsch" <steve.kirsch@propel.com> X-Propel-ID: i48Q100103D-7789-c8 X-Propel-CV-Excluded-Mailto: steve.kirsch@propel.com X-Propel-CV-subject-line: 1224092310857497481; text="recnddadditionalques" X-Propel-CV-content: 13611455800112709691, 13611455800112709691; body2Txt; html-tokens="steve, mean, that, seeking, this, information, connection, with"; text-tokens="steve, mean, that, seeking, this, information, connection, with" X-Propel-CV-mailto: -784786535; email-addrs="jross@bushross.com" X-Propel-MWL-INFO: ; 1="['steve.kirsch@propel.com']"; 3="7"; 2="102003"; 5="216.82.240.35"; 7="['65.217.9.194']"; 6="mail55.messagelabs.com" X-Propel-Tag: GOOD TRUSTED PASS WLR 100.000; status="0x102003"; mailfrom="Jross@bushross.com"; mxip="216.82.240.35"; dnstally="{}"; receivedIPs="['65.217.9.194']"; tally="{'WLR': 1}"; mxhelo="mail55.messagelabs.com"; gldata; cause="7EWS229['messagelabs.com', '216.82.244', '216.82.255']/jross@bushross.com/W:messagelabs.com,216.82.240.35" X-Propel-Score: good 100.000 X-Propel-User: steve.kirsch@propel.com Return-Path: Jross@bushross.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Aug 2004 17:05:16.0718 (UTC) FILETIME=[5E5CFCE0:01C4847C] ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4847C.9B032142 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4847C.9B032142 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4847C.9B032142-- __substg1.0_0C1A001F*$__substg1.0_0C1D0102* __substg1.0_0C1E001F*!__substg1.0_0C1F001F*"$SMTP:JROSS@BUSHROSS.COMSMTPJross@bushross.comSteve KirschCNDD: additional questions/0L]tjVq*]tjVq*<A180228AD8E5FA42A0F1DF8D9344352__substg1.0_0E02001F*"__substg1.0_0E03001F*__substg1.0_0E04001F*!##__substg1.0_0E1D001F*$4__substg1.0_0E270102* (%p__substg1.0_1000001F*l+__substg1.0_10090102*%'4R__substg1.0_10130102*Dv$Steve: I did not mean to imply that you are seeking this information in connection with any purchase or sale that you might be making, rather only that the Company is not in a position to provide any information about its operations selectively. What the Company may choose to say to a reporter of a nationally circulated newspaper or periodical journal is up to the Company, but whatever it may choose to say about operations should also be made the subject of a press release containing the same disclosure. Jeremy P.Ross BUSH ROSS GARDNER WARREN & RUDY, P.A. P. O. Box 3913 220 South Franklin Street Tampa, FL 33601 813.224.9255 Phone 813.223.9620 Fax jross@bushross.com Unless otherwise indicated or obvious from the nature of the transmittal, the information contained in this message is attorney privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any of the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete the message. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Kirsch [mailto:steve.kirsch@propel.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:57 PM To: Jere Ross Subject: CNDD: additional questions I'm not an investor in CNDD nor have I purchased (or shorted) any shares, nor do I currently plan to purchase any shares. I only asked my broker if it was possible as part of collecting the data. The information is strictly for completing the story on the website, not for personal economic or commercial gain and would be posted to the website so that Hartley can refer people there for clarification. There are a couple of other options to provide clarification too: 1)can you have the company post the answers to these questions on the company website? and/or 2) would Hartley answer these questions if it came from a reporter from the NY Times or Wall Street Journal or Barrons? thanks! -steve -----Original Message----- From: Jere Ross [mailto:Jross@bushross.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:19 AM To: Steve Kirsch Subject: Steve: Mr. Lord has forwarded to me your latest inquiry for information. I have advised him not to respond. Although Concorde America is not subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Securties Exchange Act (Section 12(g)), has not chosen to effect a voluntary registration thereunder, and is therefore not subject to the requirements of Regulation F-D, because it has a class of securities which are available for active trading in the public marketplace (roughly the 10MM shares made the subject of its recently completed Rule 504 offering), it may not provide on a piecemeal basis, to select investors or others having an interest in the company, information concerning the company which the average investor would reasonably wish to have in order to be able to make an informed investment decision concerning those shares. Federal and state securities laws are intended to force even handed disclosure of such information so that everyone will have access thereto at the same time. The mechanism by which an entity with the company's characteristics complies with that requirement is the news release, and the timing of such a disclosure is dependent upon the occurrence of material events in the company's operations that it believes should be reported. As was reported last week, the company is in its initial operational stage and has no current information that it believes would be of particular benefit to investors. Last week's release was effected only because of the unauthorized and misleadig releases that had preceded it. The company recognizes that you are performing a publc service, but I trust you will acknowledge that it is not being undertaken solely for a public purpose. There is a commercial or economic foundation to your activity, and while you have every right to pursue the story as you have, the company is not in a position to assist you in that endeavor. Should the SEC initiate an investigation and seek information of the sort you have requested, the company will cooperate fully, but it cannot respond to a private inquiry of the sort you are mounting. I trust you understand this position, but if you have further questions, please let me know. Regards, Jere Jeremy P.Ross BUSH ROSS GARDNER WARREN & RUDY, P.A. P. O. Box 3913 220 South Franklin Street Tampa, FL 33601 813.224.9255 Phone 813.223.9620 Fax jross@bushross.com Unless otherwise indicated or obvious from the nature of the transmittal, the information contained in this message is attorney privileged and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any of the information in it is strictly prohibited. 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Steve:  I did not mean to imply that you are seeking this information in connection with any purchase or sale that you might be making, rather only that the Company is not in a position to provide any information about its operations selectively.  What the Company may choose to say to a reporter of a nationally circulated newspaper or periodical journal is up to the Company, but whatever it may choose to say about operations should also be made the subject of a press release containing the same disclosure.
 
 
Jeremy P.Ross
BUSH ROSS GARDNER WARREN & RUDY, P.A.
P. O. Box 3913
220 South Franklin Street
Tampa, FL 33601
813.224.9255 Phone
813.223.9620 Fax

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Kirsch [mailto:steve.kirsch@propel.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:57 PM
To: Jere Ross
Subject: CNDD: additional questions

I'm not an investor in CNDD nor have I purchased (or shorted) any shares, nor do I currently plan to purchase any shares. I only asked my broker if it was possible as part of collecting the data.
 
The information is strictly for completing the story on the website, not for personal economic or commercial gain and would be posted to the website so that Hartley can refer people there for clarification.
 
There are a couple of other options to provide clarification too:
1)can you have the company post the answers to these questions on the company website?
and/or
2) would Hartley answer these questions if it came from a reporter from the NY Times or Wall Street Journal or Barrons?
 
thanks!
 
-steve
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Jere Ross [mailto:Jross@bushross.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:19 AM
To: Steve Kirsch
Subject:

Steve: Mr. Lord has forwarded to me your latest inquiry for information.  I have advised him not to respond.  Although Concorde America is not subject to the reporting requirements of the 1934 Securties Exchange Act (Section 12(g)), has not chosen to effect a voluntary registration thereunder, and is therefore not subject to the requirements of Regulation F-D, because it has a class of securities which are available for active trading in the public marketplace (roughly the 10MM shares made the subject of its recently completed Rule 504 offering), it may not provide on a piecemeal basis, to select investors or others having an interest in the company, information concerning the company which the average investor would reasonably wish to have in order to be able to make an informed investment decision concerning those shares.  Federal and state securities laws are intended to force even handed disclosure of such information so that everyone will have access thereto at the same time.  The mechanism by which an entity with the company's characteristics complies with that requirement is the news release, and the timing of such a disclosure is dependent upon the occurrence of material events in the company's operations that it believes should be reported.  As was reported last week, the company is in its initial operational stage and has no current information that it believes would be of particular benefit to investors.  Last week's release was effected only because of the unauthorized and misleadig releases that had preceded it.  The company recognizes that you are performing a publc service, but I trust you will acknowledge that it is not being undertaken solely for a public purpose.  There is a commercial or economic foundation to your activity, and while you have every right to pursue the story as you have, the company is not in a position to assist you in that endeavor.  Should the SEC initiate an investigation and seek information of the sort you have requested, the company will cooperate fully, but it cannot respond to a private inquiry of the sort you are mounting.  I trust you understand this position, but if you have further questions, please let me know.  Regards, Jere
 
Jeremy P.Ross
BUSH ROSS GARDNER WARREN & RUDY, P.A.
P. O. Box 3913
220 South Franklin Street
Tampa, FL 33601
813.224.9255 Phone
813.223.9620 Fax

 

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