Investor alert: Western Pacific Advisors, Inc. (WESTPAC, Inc.)

Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) has
today published this statement in order to warn investors against dealing
with unauthorised firms. Western Pacific Advisors, Inc. is not authorised by Finansinspektionen and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services. Finansinspektionen has not received any notification of cross-border activities
from other EES countries.

Western Pacific Advisors, Inc. has a website (www.westpacificadvisors.com)
using the following addresses:

• Tokyo Otemachi 1st Square, 4/F East Tower, 1-5-1 Otemachi,
  Chiyoda-ku, 100-004 Tokyo, Japan
• One Stamford Plaza, Suite 420, Tresser Boulevard, Stamford,
  Connecticut, 06901 USA.

 
Western Pacific Advisors, Inc.'s representatives contact investors through unsolicited telephone calls and offer to buy their holdings of shares.
However, the investor must first pay a fee in advance. This is an advance fee fraud scheme.

To find out whether a company or individual is authorised, check
Finansinspektionen's website at: www.fi.se under "Authorisation".