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Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: Good morning, Leighton. And then my first question was around the held for sale. I'm just wondering if you could speak to the process, what are
the steps in getting this thing sold and any expectations? I understand there's some liabilities on the asset, but any bulk idea?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: And I guess my second question is really embedded, as you mentioned, some challenges in Q4 and what are the underlying drivers for kind of kind
of the outlook in Q1, Q2 for that specific segment?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: No, is the mix between Satcom embedded emphasis within the backlog as a whole?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: And just shifting gears on to shows here. So there's some moving parts. Could you on the gross margin profile and maybe this one's for Dan, but
the mid-30s are you guys. Is that how we should be thinking about things in the year ahead and are there any other interest?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: Okay. Understood. And then on kind of the fixed costs around the Company. It's really just about getting that backlog through getting the operating
leverage from that. Is that have time to think about it up OpEx?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: I appreciate that. Maybe one last one to wrap up. So if you think of this business a year two years, from now how your backlog is coming through
and sales are being converted into cash flow? And what are the next strategic steps that you envision And has that expand and the product set or
continuing with the core that you have and just penetrating deeper into new markets and help us think about how you're thinking about for the
medium or long?
Question: Daniel Rosenberg - Paradigm Capital Inc. - Analyst
: Okay, appreciate the color, and thanks for taking my call.
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