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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The sales reported hereby were made under a Rule 10b5-1 Selling Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;), pursuant to which the Filer will be selling up to 200,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, which sales, according to the Plan, are estimated to be completed over a period ending March 13, 2005 (subject to certain selling limitations contained in the Plan).  The Plan provides that, in any event, no sales will be made later than March 31, 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These options were granted to Mr. Stollman pursuant to his entering into an amendment to his employment agreement.  The right to purchase 75,000 shares became exercisable on 6/03/04 and the right to purchase 110,000 shares becomes exercisable upon Traffix, Inc. meeting certain financial criteria in the fiscal years ending November 30, 2005, 2006 and 2007, all as set forth in Mr. Stollman's employment agreement, as amended.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These options are fully exercisable.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Andrew Stollman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-10-13</signatureDate>
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