Business description of CHICAGO-RIVET--MACHINE-CO from last 10-k form

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The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the Company as of June 30, 2011 was $12,386,840.

As of March 26, 2012, there were 966,132 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding.

Documents Incorporated By Reference

(1) Portions of the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “2011 Report”) are incorporated by reference in Parts I and II of this report.

(2) Portions of the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement which is to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this report.