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                                Number      Price                                     
             Date       Trans.  of Shares   Per Share   Cost    Proceeds              
             7/29/87   Sale     95          $6.25     --       $595.75                
             9/16/87   Purchase 5,000       9.00      $45,000  --                     
             9/30/87   Purchase 5,000       10.25     51,252   --                     
             11/05/87  Purchase 5,000       10.25     51,252   --                     
             11/20/87  Sale     9,000       4.375    --        39,364.00              

                  The Steins brought the above suit in their individual               
             capacities.  The trust was not a party to the suit, and no               
             mention is made therein of Broadcort's or Steinberg &                    
             Lyman's alleged failure to transfer the 2,000 shares of                  
             Saztec stock to the trust.                                               
                  Before filing suit, the Steins entered into a                       
             "standstill" agreement with Broadcort and/or Steinberg                   
             & Lyman which purportedly prohibited Broadcort and its                   
             agents from selling the stocks in the Steins' account.  The              
             standstill agreement is not contained in the record of this              
             case.  Apparently, the standstill agreement covered all of               
             the stock in the Steins' Broadcort account, including the                
             2,000 shares of Saztec stock that Mr. Stein had allegedly                
             transferred to the trust.  There is no evidence that the                 
             trust was a party to this agreement.  The standstill                     
             agreement was backed by a letter of credit in the amount                 
             of $150,000 that Mr. Stein obtained on September 30, 1988,               









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