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• Next is a press release describing the development of our new attic temperature control technology. It means filing for a 5th patent. An electronic prototype using a programmable controller (small computer) was tested two weeks ago. The new control will be usable across product lines for space heating, ventilation and combination space heating- ventilation systems. We expect to be able to place this electronic control into production in the March time frame. It is compatible with all existing attic fans providing up to 10 amps of current at 120 vac. The new electronic control system will be demonstrated at the annual stockholders meeting in February using our GB Series product (combo ventilation-heating). Next is a press release indicating that we have lowered the minimum investment to only 100 shares or ($500) for public investors. The last page is our current tombstone ad as it appears on our Internet site. In addition to the Direct Stock Market, we started advertising our direct IPO on the Wall Street Journal's On-line Edition on December 21, 1998. A banner ad surfaces in the states where anyone can invest (RI, CT, NJ, IA) when a subscriber logs on. The are about 16000 on line readers of the Wall Street Journal in these states. Rhode Island expired 12/31/98. We also started to "brand" our technology by advertising on the Bloomberg Financial Radio AM station out of New York City yesterday. Its broadcast coverage overlaps several New Jersey and Connecticut counties where our offering is still active. The radio • ads will run throughout January. If yesterday is any indication, the phones will be ringing steadily all month. Yesterday we fielded over 20 phone calls ranging from simple product interest, to dealer interest and to investor interest. Our web site hits exploded with 4,139 hits in a single day. This represented 1304 pages which is a 300% increase in web traffic. If it continues, our site will exceed 100,000 hits for January. An interesting prospect. The last IPO strategic move we have implemented is to start working with a marketing firm out of Buffalo, New York called NetPartners Marketing Corporation. They specialize in the marketing of direct stock offerings and are now helping us plug some gaps and to expand our Internet offering. You can find them at http://www.netpartners-marketing.com While I cannot tell you for sure that everything is "in the bag" -- I can tell you that despite continued cash flow pressures and difficulties, that SolarAttic continues to move forward. Sales for 1998 finished at about 178% over 1997. We almost doubled our sales with very limited promotional resources. Audited financials will begin on January 15th and will be available at the annual meeting. Final sales numbers will be available at that time. Sincerely yours, eoef,v-eva iR641,47 Edward G. Palmer President Stockholder Update January 5, 1999 Page 2 of 2