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Below you will find the research performed on each of the supposed "contacts" that IP&R made:

Company	Description	First Contact	Follow-up?	Closed?	How Ended?
Score It Sports		No contact in monthly reports.
Americazz Sports & Performance	Sports & Promotion	December	Yes	Yes	Contact passed.
Nike, Inc.	Sporting Goods	December	Yes	No	Never gave us the NDA or POT they got from Nike.
Solar Link Intl, Inc.	Manufactures Shoes for New Balance.	January	No	No	Never followed up.
Tanel 360	They make special cleats for baseball, soccer.	January	No	No	Never followed up.
Dick’s Sporting Goods	They are a retailer.	January	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Wolverine Sports	Sports Promotion / Distributor	January	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Pepco Poms	They make cheerleading pom poms.	January	N/A	Yes	Don’t make tennis products.
Escalade, Inc.	Manufacture / Distribute sport products for table tennis, et al, but not for tennis.	January	N/A	Yes	Don’t make tennis products.
Markwort Sporting Goods Company	Distribute Sporting Goods.	January	N/A	Yes	Don’t make tennis products.
AbsolutelyNew Retail	Evaluate products and manufacture them.	February	N/A	Yes	Apparently promotes specifically to QVC. Not really a contact because it is the same company.
3-D Multi Dimensional Marketing	Sports Corporate Apparel and Promotion	February	N/A	Yes	Contact states they feel PK is unnecessary.
Apple Rise Sports	Sell Snow Ski items mainly.	March	N/A	Yes	Contact says not a good fit for them.
Evans Manufacturing Inc.	Bringing new and innovative products to the industry. Promotional.	March	Yes	Yes	Not a good fit.
Gamma Sports	Manufacture / Distribute Sports products.	March	N/A	Yes	Does not need it.
Penn Racquet Sports	Manufacture Tennis and Golf Balls only.	March	N/A	Yes	Contact says not a good fit for them.
Jaypro Sports	Manufacture Sport Equipment.	March	N/A	Yes	Never replied. They make tennis nets.
Alpha Sports	Makes tennis products.	April	Yes	Yes	Contact passed.
Olympia Sports	Philadelphia's #1 sneaker store, is dedicated to providing a wide range of athletic footwear and apparel at affordable prices for the entire family.	April	N/A	Yes	Company is a retailer of shoes.
Adidas America	Sporting Goods	April	N/A	Yes	Company has internal R&D.
Tennis Warehouse	Retailer	April	N/A	Yes	They sell, not manufacture.
Gosen America	They distribute tennis rackets and string.	April	N/A	Yes	Product is made in Japan.
Forten	Manufacturer of Tennis Products	April	N/A	Yes	Company has internal R&D.
PowerAngle	Manufacture Tennis Rackets	April	No	No	Never followed up.
Kirschbaum		No contact in monthly reports.
Outdoor Fun Store	Outdoor Fun Store sells, installs and services outdoor fun items.	April	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Douglas Industries	Manufastcture Sport Nets and Equipoment	April	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Axis International	Manufactupre & Distribute products	May	N/A	Yes	Stated that they want a manufactured product. ??
Illini	Promotional products	May	N/A	Yes	Contact passed.
First Street Online	Sell Innovation & Technology Gadgets	May	N/A	Yes	Not a good fit. They don’t sell sports products.
Diadora America	Manufacture Sporting Equipment	May	No	No	Never followed up.
Wilson Sporting Goods	Sporting Goods	May	Yes	Yes	Not a fit right now.
Head USA	Head NV is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of premium sports equipment.	May	N/A	No	IP&R could not locate company and gave up.
Jester Promotions	Sell Promotional Products	May	N/A	Yes	Contact passed.
Tennis-Tennis	No information found.	May	N/A	No	They are not a manufacturer.
Specialized Promotions	Novel ideas and cost effective ways to promote your business.	June	Yes	No	Never replied.
SAM North America (Master Sports)	Manufacture tennis ball and stringing machines	June	No	No	Not a good fit. Company designs their own products in general.
Prince Sports Group	Manufacture Tennis Products	June	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Lobster Sports	Manufacture Tennis Ball Machines	June	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Crown Products	Recognized leader in the promotional products industry.	June	N/A	Yes	Never replied.
Quickey Manufacturing	Promotional Products	No	N/A	Yes	Contact Passed.
Vantage Products Intl	Manufacturer, importer & distributor of sports nets & team sports equipment.	June	Yes	Yes	Never replied.
Fischer Skis	Manufacture Ski and Tennis Products	July	Yes	No	Never replied.
Franklin Sports	Manufacture Sports Products	July	Yes	No	Received NDA documents. Contract over.
Promotions Factory Direct	Promotional Products	July	Yes	Yes	Contact passed.
BSN Sports	Sports Retailer	July	Yes	No	Contact says they are interested but nothing was made an action item. Contract over.
PromoPros	Promotional Products	July	Yes	No	Waiting on contact. Contract over.
Absorbent	Promotional Products	July	Yes	No	Waiting on contact. Contract over.
Tennis Gifts	Unique Tennis Products	August	N/A	No	Never replied.
Advantage Tennis Supply	Manufactures and distributes tennis court equipment and related products	August	N/A	Yes	Contact passed.
Volkl Sport America	Manufacture Sport Products	August	N/A	No	No reply. Contract over.
BPI International	Manufacture Sport Products	August	N/A	Yes	Contact not interested in IP&R’s products.
Fromuth Tennis	Online Wholesale Sports Distribution	August	N/A	Yes	Only make rackets. Do not want accessories.
Yonex	Manufacture Sport Products	August	N/A	No	Contract over.
Balls and More Athletics	One stop web site for all your athletic needs.	August	N/A	No	Contract over.
Total Tennis	Tennis Camp and Store	August	N/A	Yes	Contact is not a manufacturer.

According to the dictionary, “contact” is “Connection or interaction; communication.” There are not 56 contacts in Table 1. A “lead” is “An indication of potential opportunity; a tip.” IP&R started out with 56 Leads. These Leads then have to be converted into Contacts. If a Lead made no reply, then it cannot be considered a Contact. Furthermore, Leads that are unrelated to sports, (specifically tennis,) are not a manufacturer, do not make tennis products, do not make tennis accessories, are not nor ever will be a “potential acquirer” and therefore can never be a Contact.

With this clarification, Table 1 can be reviewed to obtain how many true Contacts there really were. Of the total of 56 claimed Contacts, 2 were never called, 2 sent IP&R an NDA and/or POT but were never forwarded to us which will be considered a non-follow-up, 4 were never followed up on, 12 never replied and may or may not have been a “potential acquirer” as noted above, 15 would not be considered a “potential acquirer,” labeling AbsolutelyNew Retail as a Contact is not justified, and 7 were left open at the end of the contract and may or may not have been a “potential acquirer.” 14 are considered “Contacts” and with the 7 left open, the remainder is 21. Out of the 56 claimed contacts, only 21 are viable. The most unacceptable part of this is that the product managers did not perform enough research into the companies before they called them. If 10 leads are acquired, and 5 are called but found to be unrelated or never reply, then we really are not getting what we paid for.

It is important to add that we were made aware from internet postings, that if a "product manager" exchanged a card with someone at a tradeshow, if they ever made it one, that it would instantly be considered a "contact" even though no discussion of the product was made.

To add, some mentioned that the IP&R would not even pay for access to the tradeshow, and that they would sneak in or some other fancy way. Employees only last a few weeks, and if you do stay a month, you are a "long-timer." Then again, that is our opinion on the "redacted" information as Tony Flores would call it.