(a) The Company’s Class A Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market and is quoted on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the trading symbol “BPUR.” There is no established public trading market for the Class B Common Stock.

     The following table sets forth the high and low sale prices for the Class A Common Stock for each of the quarters in the two years ended October 31, 2001, as reported by The NASDAQ Stock Market. The quotations shown represent inter-dealer prices without adjustments for retail markups, markdowns or commissions, and may not necessarily reflect actual transactions.

			High				Low
Year Ended October 31, 2000
	First Quarter		$	54.50			$	9.00
	Second Quarter			52.00				19.88
	Third Quarter			29.88				15.56
	Fourth Quarter			25.50				14.63
Year Ended October 31, 2001
	First Quarter			28.25				17.25
	Second Quarter			27.48				10.63
	Third Quarter			32.70				19.46
	Fourth Quarter			26.50				16.25

     As of December 31, 2001 there were 553 holders of record of the Class A Common Stock. The Company did not pay dividends on its Class A Common Stock during the two fiscal years ended October 31, 2001 and does not plan to pay dividends on its Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

     Warrants to purchase 20,976 shares of Class A Common Stock were exercised in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001 for aggregate proceeds to the Corporation of $9,600. The Corporation relied on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 in issuing shares upon the exercise of the warrants.