The near-term market opportunity presented in the 1Q10 report was 4.1 million Engine Equivalents. This is lower than the 4.3 million Engine Equivalents presented in the 4Q09 report. Can you comment on the reason for the reduction when the automotive industry seems to be increasing its predictions?

The Swedish government's venture capital company for the automotive industry, Fouriertransform, has today invested SEK 40 million in NovaCast, acquiring 33% of the capital and 24% of the votes. Given that NovaCast is a potential competitor to SinterCast, could SinterCast please comment on the fact that its Chairman, Ulla-Britt Fräjdin-Hellqvist, is also a member of the Fouriertransform Board.

SinterCast’s largest shareholder, Gandhara Capital, has sold its shares. Can SinterCast comment on the transaction?

Can you please comment on the effect of the global economic crisis on SinterCast’s current activities and business outlook for 2009.

Beginning with the 22 August 2007 half-year report, SinterCast introduced a new section entitled “Market Outlook”. The outlook refers to the “near-term” as “3~5 years”. How is the nearest 2-year period accounted for in the “near-term”?

Does SinterCast have any plans to apply its technology to other materials or to broaden its focus to include alternative products or technologies?

How do the recent EU discussions regarding CO2 emissions targets of 120 g/km by 2012 affect SinterCast?

During the 13 September 2006 Small Cap Seminar, you showed the increasing trend for Sampling Cup shipments since 2001 and suggested that this was a good means of monitoring SinterCast’s growth. The 3Q Report issued on 8 September shows a 48% growth in Sampling Cup shipments compared to 3Q05, which is positive. However, the deliveries thus far during 2006 have declined (10,800 in Q1 vs. 9,300 in Q2 and 7,100 in Q3). Can you comment on this declining trend?

I have recently read some information about joint industry-government projects for the development of new material technologies related to the automotive industry. Is SinterCast involved in these projects?

A recently published article indicated that the MAN D08, D20 and D26 commercial vehicle engines are all based on a “common construction”. Does this mean that all of these engines will use the same SinterCast-CGI cylinder block?