As we have made clear on a consistent basis, Dahua Technology is not a ‘state-owned or state controlled’ company. Rather, we are a private-sector business traded on the public markets. Like any capital investment in the open market, a very limited number of state-owned investors have purchased the floating stocks of the company through the secondary market. As minority shareholders, these investors will not have operational control over Dahua Technology or undue influence over its decision making, nor will they change the status of Dahua Technology as a “private-sector, publicly traded company that is not controlled by the Chinese government”.