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Hi Pat. I have a question. What are the prospects for Pacific Safety Products? Thanks.

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Pacific Safety Products, $0.21, symbol PSP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 25.5 million; Market cap: $5.4 million), makes clothing and equipment for customers that include military and law-enforcement agencies, private security companies, fire departments and emergency medical-service organizations. Some of Pacific Safety’s products include ballistic, stab and fragment-protection vests; bomb and land-mine retrieval suits; tactical clothing; emergency-medical kits and rescue equipment; and flame-resistant and industrial clothing. The company hasn’t filed any financial statements since the quarter ended March 31, 2009. During that quarter, its sales fell slightly, to $10.5 million from $10.6 million a year earlier. Pacific Safety earned $417,451 or $0.016 a share, up from $299,946, or $0.012 a share. In July, Pacific Safety announced that it had secured a $1.4-million U.S. operating line of credit from a Tennessee financial institution. However, its total debt of $5.1 million is already a high 94.4% of its $5.4-million market cap. As well, Pacific Safety’s goodwill and intangible assets are also very high,…