3 definitions of respect:

1) not lying to shareholders.

2) not blowing out the shareholders' equity by continuously raising more capital.

3) not selling out for the first offer that's made.

By my definitions, management of this company is showing me lots of respect. While the jury may still be out on that last one, Dr. Taylor's comments at the Empire Club 4/28/14 spoke to this issue (in regard to Intel), and so I will take his word for it.

3 things that have nothing to do with respect or a shareholder's (adult) relationship with the management of a public company whose shares said shareholder owns:

1) drip feeding positive feedback to keep shareholders sleeping well at night

2) drip feeding sensationalistic b.s. new releases every week to keep the optics good and perhaps the share price elevated higher than it might go otherwise.

3) risking business opportunities in the tech industry because shareholders have over extended themselves financially and can't wait for the company to make them millionaires.

and Turr, I completely disagree with this statement: "And none of this crap about us shareholders meaning nothing and having no say. POET is still a public company last I checked and I don't care if someone has a million shares or one share. Every shareholder has a right to have his say."

On what planet do minority shareholders have their say? How? In what way? You can go to the AGM and ask a question, and tell them how you feel, but until you control the majority of the stock, you have no say whatsoever on how the company is run. Yes, you can have your say here on a public forum, but that's not having say at all.

One more point: is it safe to assume that you bought your shares on the stock market? Its a secondary market. the money you paid for your shares didn't go to Poet Technologies. They don't know who you are, nor do they care. There is no moral obligation to shareholders, only the fuduciary duty to act in the company's interest.

"Retail supported this company." In what meaningful way? Please tell me, since I wasn't around when PC arrived. When PC came aboard to recapitalize the company, did he gather a bunch of retail shareholders together and convince them to buy the secondary offering? Probably not. I think he went to IBK and got them to support the turn around plan, which is how any professional should proceed.

I just don't think you have a realistic grasp of our role in this drama. There is just no reasonable way to organize our aggregate ownership in a way that would have effective influence on how the company is run. (And boy am I glad for that!) We follow along, talk amongst ourselves, and decide to stay or go.

Coming full circle, if I thought Dr. Taylor, or PC, or Ajit, or the new CEO was a liar, then I would sell.