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The Hermes Conglomerate is proud to present our quarterly report for the Hermes Facility. The figures standing below are the results of the Hermes Conglomerate itself. This means that the results of the various other companies operating in the facility are not included. The Hermes Conglomerate consists of the following divisions:

Hermes Logistics & Distribution
Hermes Bunsiness Consultancy
Hermes Legal Services
Hermes Security Services
Hermes Storage & Warehousing
Hermes Manufacturing
Hermes Finance & Accounting
Hermes Facility Incorporated

Each of the branches mentioned above is active in the support of the companies operating on the Hermes Facility. As part of the contract that those companies signed, each of them owns significant percentages of stock in the Hermes Conglomerate. Therefore, we feel it is no more than just to present the correct data concerning our financial position. Also, we would like to repeat that the Hermes Conglomearte is not just active in the Hermes Facility, but also in many other ventures all over Sisgardia. The Hermes Conglomerate would also like to point out that investing in the Hermes Facility and opening facilities of your own company on the island is still possible, as is the purchase of stock. Current foreign stockholders of the Hermes Conglomerate are:

The Imperial Navy The Sean Empire
Alhana Catherine
LordSquall
Gratica
Larkinia
Dread Lady Nathicana
Tor Yvresse
Hattia
The HighGuard
The Black Eagle Corporation
Tarasovka
Mega Tau
The Resi Corporation
Celeborne
James Adams
Darksith
Hermes Spacelines (from Wazzu)

TVC: BALANCE SHEET FOR THE HERMES CONGLOMERATE
All figures are of this quarter, with the results of the previous quarter mentioned behind them

Assets

Current Assets
Cash And Cash Equivalents 41,854,000 (31,009,000)
Short Term Investments 21,368,000 (4,913,000)
Net Receivables 17,817,000 (18,629,000)
Inventory 47,211,000 (17,039,000)
Other Current Assets -

Total Current Assets 128,250,000 (71,590,000)

Long Term Investments 166,036,000 (214,183,000)
Property Plant and Equipment 39,171,000 (36,407,000)
Goodwill 10,326,000 (7,041,000)
Intangible Assets 7,738,000 (7,674,000)
Accumulated Amortization -
Other Assets 44,054,000 (44,582,000)
Deferred Long Term Asset Charges 38,902,000 (30,496,000)

Total Assets 434,477,000 (411,973,000)

Liabilities

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable 99,094,000 (72,250,000)
Short/Current Long Term Debt – (705,000)
Other Current Liabilities -

Total Current Liabilities 99,094,000 (72,955,000)

Long Term Debt 261,323,000 (231,445,000)
Other Liabilities 55,002,000 (96,201,000)
Deferred Long Term Liability Charges 6,965,000 ( - )
Minority Interest 1,324,000 (991,000)
Negative Goodwill -
Other Assets 44,054,000 (44,582,000)
Deferred Long Term Asset Charges 38,902,000 (30,496,000)

Total Liabilities 423,708,000 (401,592,000)

Stockholders' Equity

Misc Stocks Options Warrants -
Redeemable Preferred Stock -
Preferred Stock -
Common Stock 1,046,000 (1,046,000)
Retained Earnings 12,515,000 (12,262,000)
Treasury Stock -
Capital Surplus 22,884,000 (22,815,000)
Other Stockholder Equity 25,676,000 (25,742,000)

Total Stockholder Equity 10,769,000 (10,381,000)

Net Tangible Assets $7,295,000 ($4,334,000)


TVC: INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE HERMES CONGLOMERATE

Total revenue 48,308,000 (45,929,000)
Cost of revenue 38,940,000 (37,016,000)
Gross profit 9,368,000 (8,913,000)

Operating expenses
Research development -
Selling general and administrative 6,083,000 (6,003,000)
Non recurring-
Others-
Total operating expenses-

Operating income or loss 3,285,000 (2,910,000)

Income for continuing operations
Total other income/expenses net -
Earnings before interest and taxes 3,285,000 (2,910,000)
Interest expense 2,265,000 (2,567,000)
Income before tax 1,020,000 (343,000)
Income tax expense 265,000 (89,000)
Minority interest 137,000 (137,000)
Net income from continuing operations 892,000 (425,000)
Extraordinary items 1,200,000 ( - )

Net income applicable to common shares 2,092,000 (425,000)

Nicely done. You have impressed me once again !!

Statistical Analysis

VALUATION MEASURES

Market Cap (intraday): 23.92B
Enterprise Value (28-Nov-03)³: 243.38B
Trailing P/E (ttm): 6.28
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-04)¹: 8.35
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹: 1.35
Price/Sales (ttm): 0.12
Price/Book (mrq): 2.22
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³: 1.27
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³: 19.86

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends: 31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq): 30-Sep-03

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm): 1.80%
Operating Margin (ttm): 2.53%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm): 0.89%
Return on Equity (ttm): 33.80%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm): 186.76B
Revenue Per Share (ttm): 342.202
Revenue Growth (lfy)³: 5.40%
Gross Profit (ttm)²: 33.42B
EBITDA (ttm): 12.25B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm): 3.82B
Diluted EPS (ttm): 6.796
Earnings Growth (lfy)³: 188.90%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq): 41.85B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq): 74.64
Total Debt (mrq)²: 261.32B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq): 24.266
Current Ratio (mrq): N/A
Book Value Per Share (mrq): 19.2

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³: 10.53B
Free Cashflow (ttm)³: 2.85B

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta: 1.185
52-Week Change: 6.65%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500): -5.40%
52-Week High (15-Oct-03): 45.21
52-Week Low (11-Mar-03): 29.75
50-Day Moving Average: 42.22
200-Day Moving Average: 37.61

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month): 4,799,590
Average Volume (10 day): 3,291,000
Shares Outstanding: 560.75M
Float: 476.00M
% Held by Insiders: 15.11%
% Held by Institutions: 73.79%
Shares Short (as of 10-Nov-03): 48.65M
Daily Volume (as of 10-Nov-03): N/A
Short Ratio (as of 10-Nov-03): 12.196
Short % of Float (as of 10-Nov-03): 10.22%
Shares Short (prior month): 48.44M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend: 2.00
Dividend Yield: 4.69%
Dividend Date: 10-Dec-03
Ex-Dividend Date: 10-Nov-03
Last Split Factor (new per old)²: 2:1
Last Split Date: 29-Aug-03

Also, I don't think I'm ever doing this again, even though I am probably the only player who has ever done this.

IC:

The Hermes Conglomerate still has outstanding stock waiting for purchase. Any interested parties are free to purchase batches of shares through this channel.

OOC: I'll be sure to invest when my economy is doing better. :)

How many left? We are interested.

How many left? We are interested.

Well, there is always the possibility of new stock issuing or stock splitting, as well as the conversion of shares. So we can arrange for a lot of things. What amount of stock were you thinking about?

How many left? We are interested.

Well, there is always the possibility of new stock issuing or stock splitting, as well as the conversion of shares. So we can arrange for a lot of things. What amount of stock were you thinking about?

Starting at 100,000 shares for starters, but more if we are happy with our investment.

News Bulletin.
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An anchorwoman begins her daily business report, " Good Morning fellow Gradenkians. Today, a late breaking news have just been received. The powerful Gradenk Terra Conglomerate with market capitalization of more than USD 3 trillion dollars have announced plan to buy shares in Hermes Conglomerate.When inquired upon this new deal, The CEO of Gradenk Terra Corp said that plans are in the works to purchase upto 10 % of the conglomerate shares.

Gradenk Terra Conglomerate is a huge and powerful conglomerate in both Gradenk and Ancient and Holy Terra. The clongomerate is jointly owned by the two governments.

The conglomerate has it's hand busy in virtually every sector in Gradenk and Ancient and Holy Terra. From poultry manufacturing right up to Shipping. The conglomerate is one of the 'poster company' of Gradenk. They have monopolies in oil exploration in Gradenk ,Ancient and Holy Terra, Oxnard Montalvo, Graven , Pala ( Fields owned by Azazia ) and Da Crib. It also owns shipping monopolies at the above mentioned places ( with the exception of Pala ). OOC: Graven, Oxnard MOntalvo and Da Crib are protectorates of Gradenk )

The Conglomerate has shares in numerous other Gradenkian companies which are also doing well overseas.

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OOc: Vortex, PLease notify me when you're giving out more stocks. In the same time, Gradenk Terra Conglomerate would like to increase it's berth which you've been generous to allocate (to us) in your space port.

to purchase upto 10 % of the conglomerate shares.
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OOC: Have you already seen the number of investors? The 10% are already taken lol :roll:

Which makes me think... Vortex, what is my part in the shares already? Since well, my Corps will invest into something that close to the border of the Grand Duchy :shock:

And I remember that VerTech was to invest a lot... there was a period of 'trial', after which funds flowed in :?
Don't tell me I forgot to RP that one out...
*Slaps forehead*

EDIT:

*Slaps forehead again*

Almost forgot:

Great job on the report there! :D

To Gradenk

Thank you for your interests in our proud and fair conglomerate. Your intention of buying up 10% of our company is, unfortunately, not allowed by our commercial laws. Though it might seem arbitrary, foreign countries outside the SFN, WTE and CENNA are not allowed a share above 9% of ownership in any TVc conglomerate. That is, therefore, the maximum level of stock you are allowed to own in any situation. Currently, the Hermes Conglomerate has 48,88 mn shares available for purchase, if it interests you. However, instead of a simple purchase of stock, we propose something else. We think a strategic alliance between the Hermes Conglomerate and the Gradenk Terra Conglomerate might be very feasable. Even though our power base lies in the Hermes Facility, we also have a dominant presence in several other Corporate markets, both in Sisgardia and abroad. Such a strategic alliance would involve both conglomerates purchasing 5-8% of each other's stock, followed by shared research and development on things such as informatino systems, inventory control, management practice, market investigations etc. It would mean sharing information that could possibly lead to a more effective and efficient control of both our companies, and might lead to even more interesting opportunities in the near future, such as joint ventures on certain products.

Please, notify us of your reaction,

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

To Jeruselem

Your initial purchase of 100,000 common stock shares in the Hermes Conglomerate has been confirmed. Your Accounts Payable has been updated with the payment required for this purchase. When the funds are received, you are officially the owner of said amount of stock.

Thank you for doing business with us,

TVC Stock Exchange

OOC clarification:

The maximum amount of stock owned depends on the alliances which you are in.

SFN - 17%
WTE - 13%
CENNA - 13%
SATO, CC - 11%
Non-alligned - 9%

VerTech would fall in the first category, but I think owning a full 17 percent would be almost impossible, judging the fact that Hermes is a popular company, and thus many shareholders would be attracted, and not easily tempted into selling their shares.

To Gradenk

Thank you for your interests in our proud and fair conglomerate. Your intention of buying up 10% of our company is, unfortunately, not allowed by our commercial laws. Though it might seem arbitrary, foreign countries outside the SFN, WTE and CENNA are not allowed a share above 9% of ownership in any TVc conglomerate. That is, therefore, the maximum level of stock you are allowed to own in any situation. Currently, the Hermes Conglomerate has 48,88 mn shares available for purchase, if it interests you. However, instead of a simple purchase of stock, we propose something else. We think a strategic alliance between the Hermes Conglomerate and the Gradenk Terra Conglomerate might be very feasable. Even though our power base lies in the Hermes Facility, we also have a dominant presence in several other Corporate markets, both in Sisgardia and abroad. Such a strategic alliance would involve both conglomerates purchasing 5-8% of each other's stock, followed by shared research and development on things such as informatino systems, inventory control, management practice, market investigations etc. It would mean sharing information that could possibly lead to a more effective and efficient control of both our companies, and might lead to even more interesting opportunities in the near future, such as joint ventures on certain products.

Please, notify us of your reaction,

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

To Jeruselem

Your initial purchase of 100,000 common stock shares in the Hermes Conglomerate has been confirmed. Your Accounts Payable has been updated with the payment required for this purchase. When the funds are received, you are officially the owner of said amount of stock.

Thank you for doing business with us,

TVC Stock Exchange

* Money wired *

*Ownership certificates transferred, along with a fruit basket and some nifty gadgets (lighters, expensive pens, luxuous sunglasses) to welcome you into the Hermes Family*

*Ownership certificates transferred, along with a fruit basket and some nifty gadgets (lighters, expensive pens, luxuous sunglasses) to welcome you into the Hermes Family*

Treasurer pinches the freebees for himself.

The Empire of Diablo_NL wishes to buy 6.7% of the stock.

ooc: Got to be quick here.

As a regional ally, the empire of Diablo is most welcome as a Hermes stock owner. the necessary arrangements have been made, and as soon as payment is received, we will confirm your ownership and send you the appropriate certificates. Thank you for your investment, we are confident we can give you a nice return in the future,

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

IC:
*buys up the remaining 2% after a deal on IRC*

Ratification

In the numbers mentioned above, the Sean Empire was still accounted for as a major stockholder. However, since the Sean Empire is no longer an active participant in Hermes related affairs, and neither owns any stock at present, a ratification must be made in this number:

The report states that 48,65 mn stocks are available (8,7%). The appropriate number should be 17,7%, or 99,26 shares.

IC:
*buys up the remaining 2% after a deal on IRC*

You purchase has been confirmed, and payment has been received. We would like to thank the Knootians for their investment in the Hermes Conglomerate. Truly, the promising reports we hear from other companies in TVC seem to indicate that Knootoss is a worthy business partner, both now and probably also in the future.

D. Paktu

Fëanor Holdings Group (FHG) would like to purchase a 13% share of this venture, if the stock is available.

~Lady Sirithil

The Knootian corporation RecDrug Incorporated wishes to buy 2% of stock as well.

To the Fëanor Holdings Group

A purchase of 13% of Hermes shares is indeed very possible. However, with such large investments we have an unwritten rule of also investing in the other party ourselves. If you could provide us with a possible percentage of shares we could purchase of your company, we would be most grateful.

You payment has been received and the appropriate certificates are being transferred as we speak. Thank you for doing business with us.

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

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TVC: MASTER INVESTOR LIST FOR HERMES CONGLOMERATE

The Hermes Conglomerate itself hold the golden share of the Hermes Conglomerate. This is the only golden share present, and grants the Hermes board and management executive power over all strategic and operational decisions. The stock owners of the conglomerate are:

VerTech - 14%
Celeborne - 13,1%
Feanor Holdings Group - 13%
Gradenk Terra Conglomerate - 7% (under negotiation)
Federal Business Combine - 6,7%
Diablo_NL - 6,7%
Dread Lady Nathicana - 5,6%
The Imperial Navy - 5%
Cairn Tarra - 4,5%
Darksith - 4,5%
Larkinia - 3%
Mega Tau - 3%
Hermes Spacelines - 3,1%
James Adams - 2,5%
Tor Yvresse - 2,5%
Knootoss - 2%
Gratica - 1,2%

The remaining 2,6 percent of shares, or 14,579,500 shares are owned by individuals and small companies across the globe, but most of them are owned by Sisgardian individuals or organizations.

Buuuuump

Buuuuump

BUMPoMATOR :roll:

ill take up to my maximun 9% if there are any shares left, it all sounds very complicated but also very good...ill be back to check!!!

Message to the Hermes Corporation
From the United Guilds of Valinon

As the representative organization for many of the privately owned corporations, guilds, conglomerates, and cartels for the Empire of Valinion the United Guilds would like to inform the Hermes Corporation that several of its members are interested in investing in your stock. We wish to know how many shares are left, if any, and at what cost they will be obtained. The parties interested are as follows:

United Syberian Industrial Conglomerate: CEO Baron Andrei Mironenko, head of the United Guilds Organization and Political Party

United Prometheus Mining Corporation: CEO Sir Jordan Gault

Nova Technologies Conglomerate: CEO Adriana Danziger

Twin Star Line Corporation: CEO Sir Xavier Whitmore

United Pholus Banking Guild: President Anthony Karelburg

Grayson Foundation: Director Lord Piers Grayson

Amazonia Technologies, Ltd: Count Morgan Carruthers

Please respond as soon as possible. Also, if these members are accepted, the Hermes Corporation may qualify to use the resources of the United Guilds private interstellar security force: the Inter-Solar System Security Force or ISSSF.

Yours with regards,
Baron Andrei Mironenko

To Gradenk

Thank you for your interests in our proud and fair conglomerate. Your intention of buying up 10% of our company is, unfortunately, not allowed by our commercial laws. Though it might seem arbitrary, foreign countries outside the SFN, WTE and CENNA are not allowed a share above 9% of ownership in any TVc conglomerate. That is, therefore, the maximum level of stock you are allowed to own in any situation. Currently, the Hermes Conglomerate has 48,88 mn shares available for purchase, if it interests you. However, instead of a simple purchase of stock, we propose something else. We think a strategic alliance between the Hermes Conglomerate and the Gradenk Terra Conglomerate might be very feasable. Even though our power base lies in the Hermes Facility, we also have a dominant presence in several other Corporate markets, both in Sisgardia and abroad. Such a strategic alliance would involve both conglomerates purchasing 5-8% of each other's stock, followed by shared research and development on things such as informatino systems, inventory control, management practice, market investigations etc. It would mean sharing information that could possibly lead to a more effective and efficient control of both our companies, and might lead to even more interesting opportunities in the near future, such as joint ventures on certain products.

Please, notify us of your reaction,

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate


From CEO Prakash Raj,
Gradenk Terra Conglomerate.

Att: Share ownership

We're pleased with your generous allocation of 7 %. We do not mind the cost of paying for the shares as our company is not only in good financial health but the Return of Investment(ROI) from investing in your company is far too lucrative to ignore. We also welcome your proposal on a transfer of shares . We're willing to trade 10 % of our corporate shares to your conglomerate. Our share is floated currently only on the Gradenkian Stock Exchange which to say the least is 'vibrant' . We have plans to float our stocks on international markets as well. Our current stock price is USD 56.09 cents. We're currently having a bull run in the local stock market and analysts have predicted this bull run to continue well into next year. We would like to transfer / purchase 7 % of your shares with a combination of transfer( i.e we handover 10 % of our corporate shares to you ) or monetary payment if our share prices fall short with the cost of the 7 % shares.

OOC: how many shares does a 3 trillion market capitalization company has.. Is it 3 trillion divided by the price per share ?


If there are any issues that needs to be clarified, we would be more than happy to send our executives to your corporate Headquarters to discuss matters.


OOC: btw vortex, you're also running a space port right ? If I correctly remember, Gradenk has been granted a sizable amount of berth as your space port is our main port of Call.

Additionally, We have purchased several Cargo ships ( from Angelus ) Those ships are currently the largest in our Shipping fleet. We would thus like to increase our berth size from 60 % of your space port to slightly more than 75 %. We reiterate our commitment to use the spaceport as our logistics and transportation hub.


We believe our venture would indeed be profitable annd mutually beneficial for both of our conglomerate. And the idea of joint research , trade opportunities and new trade routes certainly appeal to us..

Regards,
CEO Prakash Raj
Gradenk Terra Conglomerate.

~To Tarasovka~

Thank you for the bump.

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

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~To Buckaro~

As you can see in the supplement of the quarterly report, we cannot sell you 9% of our stock, since 97,4% is already taken. Just like in any other situation, you are however free to purchase stock batches from the investors above. Just like in the real world, it is up to you to offer them a price for which you propose to buy their stock. However, if we ever issue new stock, you will be the first to know. But in the current situation, the only way to obtain significant stock amounts is to trade with the current investors.

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

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~To Valinon~

The Hermes Conglomerate is fully aware of the tension between the Vortex Corporation and the Empire of Valinon. The Daiamid Council has adviced all conglomerates to limit trade with Valinon-based organizations to a minimum. We cannot stop you from buying stock from existing investors, but we have sent all of our current investors the urgent request not to sell any shares to Valonian companies.

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

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~To Gradenk Terra Conglomerate~

We are most pleased with your approval of our proposal. We have received your payment for the 7% stock share, and in return we have purchased 10% of the Gradenk Terra Conglomerate this morning, funded by the sales of stock we previously owned in other companies. Your current financial position seems to be one of good health, and we trust our future ventures will be profitable and mutually beneficial. We have also wired the GT Conglomerate the difference in stock value between the two stock batches.

Your continued use of the Hermes facility is something we welcome, of course. You have been a trustworthy and loyal participant of the Hermes enterprises so far, and we trust you to continue in the same manner.

D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

OOC: Excuse my lack of english comprehension, but what is a 'berth size'?

Could I start with an investment of 1,000,000,000 adjusted Dollars. When does your fiscal year start?

The remaining 2,6 percent of shares, or 14,579,500 shares are owned by individuals and small companies across the globe, but most of them are owned by Sisgardian individuals or organizations.

ooc: Now, for that amount you are proposing there, one could purchase 21,872,265 shares of stock. Which is, obviously, not possible. I will roleplay the 'individuals' that own the remaining 2,6% of stock, and some of them will sell their stock, some won't. That largely depends on how much you are willing to pay for shares in excess of their current value (48,45 per share - measured earlier of today).

Also, as I have said in one of the personal messages above, you are always free to try and buy shares from existing investors. Just contact them and make an offer. This thread, of course, is a good channel to negotiate over such things once you have contacted the appropriate stockholders. If you wish to make an offer for the individual stock owners, you can make it here as well.

Edit: the fiscal year of the Hermes conglomerate starts and ends at the same dates as a calender year.

Oh..Berth Size means the physical size of the space that you've allocated to us. We have 75 berths (i.e landing platforms ) for our ships to land. We intend to increase that space to 90 as we would like to increase trade with other regions .


We hope that G-T Conglomerate and TVC would continue to be involved in such mutually beneficial business ventures. If we were to develop any new product. We would notify you first of the announcement.

Regards,
Ceo Prakash Raj,
Gradenk-Terra Conglomerate

Does anybody have shares for sale?
ill take the cheapest about (how much are they worth? Im not very good at this stuff...)
The government is to buy them in "bulk" and then pass them on to poorer families to give them an income, and also they will be tought how to deal with the shares(OOC:Something that i need to do is to learn about it a bit more!...)

~To the GT Conglomerate~

The increase in berth size that you have requested is possible. However, we do need to construct additional landing bays to facilitate this expansion, since all available docks are already either occupied or under negotiation. We do, due to fast construction capabilities and the modular design of many parts of the Hermes facility, expect the new platforms to be available within 2 months, with refuelling and storage facilities near every single platform.

Kind regards,
D. Paktu
CEO Hermes Conglomerate

That would be wonderful.

We thank you for your good news. This would indeed cut our downtime and lower fuel costs as we no longer have to wait while our landing area is being cleared.


Regards,
CEO Prakash Raj.

To: The Integrated Companies of the Vortex Corporation; Financial branch
from: Connexxions R Us
Subject: Wendigo Dream Holidays, a future branch within Vortex grounds?

Good day, sir/ma’am.

I am C.Birdy. I run an connection agency through the internet called 'Connexxions R Us'. I have recently been contracted by a small, but financially sound company that has developed a new manner of enjoying holidays, well so they belief.
This company is called the Wendigo Dream Holidays.
Unfortunately they have recently found that their current environment does not take to kindly about their invention, something about tempting the weak.

Because of this the company wishes to set up an branch within the Integrated Companies of the Vortex Corporation. They would be employing people from the local population, with the exception of a few product directors and of course the branch heads.

The item that is their motivation to expand their branch *as well as move their facilities* is the Mobile All Desire Holiday Transmitter. *M.A.D.H.T.*

Their invention is a simple transmitter that can be attached *and just as easily dis-attached* to the lower part of the cranium and when activated sends signals directly into the brain, creating tactile, visual, smell and audio illusions to form together into an complete environment.

During the illusion *which can be turned off by either a specific set mental command or by time schedule* the person is unable to use their body, much as if it were sleeping. It does not respond the mental commands that the person would be giving to move their illusionary avatar around.
The illusions can be of varying sizes and the environments can be significantly different, including different time periods or different laws of nature. The company has plans for many more idea’s for the discerning customer.
All tests so far have proven that the M.A.D.H.T is an safe device, assuming people do not use it out of the house or when not standing or lying on a chair or bed.
Instructions would naturally be delivered with the box.

Naturally the company would abide by the laws of the Vortex Corporation and pay taxes. Further more all M.A.D.H.T’s would be sold at a 5 percent discount within Vortex Corporation boundaries.

Wishing you a good day and awaiting reply

Conexxions R Us.
C. Birdy.

**Memo sent out to concerned parties and published online**

To: Hermes Conglomerate
CC: OPEN/Published
From: Hermes Spacelines
Regarding: Hermes Conglomerate Mixup.

Due to similar names, there has been some confusion lately as to buying and selling stock. Several investers have approached Hermes Spacelines wishing to buy stock in the Hermes Conglomerate. This, I am afraid, is not possible.

Hermes Spacelines, while an openly traded company, is an older and completely independant entity from the Hermes Conglomerate. Hermes Spacelines concentrates only in space trade, offering reliable transport to Venus, Earth, Luna, Mars, the Belt, and Saturn at the lowest costs.

We ask that investors in both corporations please be aware of this difference.

-Bob Sanow, CEO Hermes Spacelines


EDIT: My mistake. This was from an old RP. As I understood it, Hermes Spacelines didn't really buy into a conglomerate stock, it just rented out some space through which to trade.

Basically, it used the Hermes Conglomerate facilities as a cargo/personal transport hub for the Earth/Luna system. Shuttles and ships would offload cargo there, and Hermes would take it to then Titan/Saturn or Mars...with service now expanded to Venus, the asteroid belt, and the "hub" between Earth and Mars.

I never thought of it as Hermes Spacelines owning a portion of the conglomerate, but that would be a logical extension of what it would be after.

Vortex, before I rewrite the above memo, how do you wan't to play this? That Hermes Spacelines has said stock, or that it simply rents a large bit of space and docking ports?

~To Conexxions R Us~

The product that you mention in your message to us is highly interesting. After a short survey, we have confirmed that the only thing even similar to the MADHT is the standard holodeck. However, not every citizen has the space to have one of those. The Hermes Conglomerate is, therefore, interested in starting to import said product.

Naturally, we will require both the results of your safety tests and a few samples to do some diagnostics of our own. Other than that, we see no obstacles to make this a durable and profitable relationship. Please, inform us of the price of these products, and if you or we will take care of the transport activities related to importing them to TVC.

D. Paktu
CEO, Hermes Conglomerate

~To Wazzu~

OOC: Anybody that participated in the Hermes Facility when it was founded had the opportunity to buy stock at very low prices. Since your company is a fairly big, and also active one, I figured you would own a part of the stocks in the Hermes Conglomerate. So yes, you do own that 3,1% of the stocks.

~To the Hermes Conglomerate~

Excellent. I am confident that the owner of Wendigo Dream Holidays, miss Aberdien, will be most pleased to hear of your interest.

Furthermore sending the samples will be more then possible. Since they already expected this they would like to send two of their employees to Vortex lands togheter with the results of their concluded safety tests as well as six samples of the M.A.D.H.T devices.

The price range of the M.A.D.H.T devices is currently held to be somewhere along the equalivant of 10.000 USD. (This goes for an complete average size set.)

As for distribution within TVC, the company hopes to set up their primary factories within Vortex grounds, significantly easing transportation of the products.

Also, you may contact miss Aberdien herself through this e-mail account. C.aberdien.Wendigo@helios.com

Wishing you a good day.

Conexxions R Us.
C. Birdy.

~~To Conexxions R Us~

Excellent. As soon as testing and market research have been finished, we will start looking for good locations to set up the facilities and distribution centre.

OOC: Is there a Uroburos Stock Market?

IC: I would like to purchase as many shares as other investors are willing to dump. Most of my investment up to this point has been internal to my country, and I feel that diversifying outside my borders would bring a healthy balance into an otherwise delicate but strong economy.

OOC: Is there a Uroburos Stock Market?



How should I know?

OOC: Yes or no or I don't know would have sufficed. If there isn't one, it would be a pretty cool way to manipulate our economies beyond using a simple market system. What do you think?

IC: I am still interested in investing in this company. Any stock offers coming up?

ooc: mebbe a bumpity here as well, in case.

ooc: mebbe a bumpity here as well, in case.

OOC: Yup. http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/images/smiles/yes.gif

Vortex - I think you'd need to update the shareholders list. I am sure certain nations are already Resting In Pieces. http://www.elite-games.ru/conference/images/smiles/grenade2.gif
I am sure VerTech wouldn't mind investing some more... while it still can and bombs aren't flying over Vigvar :wink: