Question: Could you confirm, clarify, whether SCM has used the services of the Davis Manafort team and answer what specifically these services may entail?

Answer: Along with other consultants, Davis Manafort provided advice on the development of a corporate communications strategy for SCM during the first half of 2005. Davis Manafort’s part of this project was completed by late summer 2005 and SCM has not worked with the company since this date.