When you were a kid and got in trouble for doing something you shouldn't have, I guess you defended yourself by saying it was OK because the other boys did it too.. ?? LOL

I accepted any chastisement for doing wrong, however I would vigorously defend my actions if the rules changed.

The recently announced temporary delay in filing the 2006 Form 10-KSB in a timely manner is extremely frustrating for the directors and officers of the Company. We take responsibility for the delay. The explanation includes many weeks of concentrated effort and attention by our financial team in dealing with complex accounting issues that included ongoing consultations with our professional advisors.

The initial notice of the possible need to restate our financials was raised by our current auditors while the annual audit and preparation of the 2006 Form 10-KSB was in progress. During a careful review of that matter, we learned that the Company's prior auditors required certain calculations involved in considering a restatement of the Company's financials-for periods with which the prior auditors had been involved-to be determined by an independent study. A study was commissioned by the Company and the methodology and progress was provided to the prior auditors at various stages through the final completion on September 11, 2006. The next day, which was the day before the deadline for timely filing of the Form 10-KSB, the Company's prior auditors informed the Company of their decision that a different methodology than that which was applied in the independent study should be used. They informed us that without our using this new methodology, they would not be prepared to issue their opinion. The methodology was one that would have taken two weeks to complete. The result was that the Company was unable to file the Form 10-KSB on time

Letter from David Pohl, Chairman and CEO of Patriot Corporation

September 20, 2006

Be well