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NOTE TO EDITORS: The following is an investment opinion issued by
Dutton Associates. - Dutton Associates initiates coverage of China Marine Food (OTCBB:CMFO) with a Strong Speculative Buy rating and a $3.42 price target. The 25-page report by Dutton senior analyst Stanley Ng is available at www.duttonassociates.com as well as from First Call, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, FactSet, and other leading financial portals.
China Marine Food is principally engaged in the business of processing, distribution and sale of processed seafood products, as well as the sale of marine catch. The Company has been awarded "Famous Brand" and "Green Food Certification" by the Chinese government,
a key certificate for food production and marketing in China. The Company has been awarded the HACCP Certification for the export of marine products to the United States and the EU export registration for export of marine products to the EU. We believe the Company's high level of internationally recognized food safety certification would enable China Marine Food to emerge as the market leader, while smaller food producing-companies that are unable to meet the stringent production and certification process may be driven out of the market. CMFO enjoys several competitive advantages over its domestic and overseas competitors. Its "master distributors" that can effectively monitor and distribute its products to about 1,300 retail points including supermarket chains and retailers such Wal-Mart and Carrefour. We understand management is in discussion with a large convenience store chain with over 1,500 outlets in Shanghai to sell its processed food products, which could more than double its existing number of outlets to drive sales in the domestic market. Revenues and fully diluted EPS of $44.95 and $.42, rising to $63 million and $.57 are forecasted 20r 2008 and 2009 respectively.
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