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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sutron
Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated on
December 30, 1975, under the General Laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.  The Company operates from its
headquarters located in Sterling, Virginia.  The
Company has several branch offices located throughout the
United States, a branch office in India and a wholly owned
subsidiary in India. The Company is a leading provider of
real-time data collection and control products, systems
software and professional services in the hydrological,
meteorological, oceanic, air quality and aviation monitoring
markets.  The Company’s principal products
include data loggers, satellite transmitters/loggers, water
level and meteorological sensors, tides systems, ambient air
instrumentation and continuous emissions control monitoring
and system and application software.  Customers
consist of a diversified base of Federal, state, local and
foreign government agencies, commercial entities,
universities, engineering firms and hydropower
companies.</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
financial statements included herein have been prepared,
without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Certain information and disclosures included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America
(“GAAP”) have been omitted pursuant to such rules
and regulations. The consolidated balance sheet as of
December 31, 2012 was derived from the audited financial
statements for the year then ended.</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In
the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary to
present fairly the financial position of the Company and the
results of its operations and its cash flows have been
included in the accompanying financial statements. The
results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily
indicative of the expected results for the full year.</font>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We
recommend that you read the unaudited consolidated financial
statements included herein in conjunction with the audited
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included
in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on March 29,
2013.</font>
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