On August 30, 2012, Jeffrey E. Eberwein announced that he has sent a letter requesting Aetrium Inc. call a special meeting of shareholders on October 26, 2012, to remove the existing members of the Company's Board of Directors and to elect: Jeffery Eberwein, Dilip Singh, Richard K. Coleman, Galen Vetter, A. John Knapp, and Charles M. Gillman to the Company's Board. Further, Eberwein said that they discussed the about Eberwein's intention to seek to join the Board of Directors, study the business and take other and actions to maximize shareholder value. Further, Eberwein said that by subsequent email exchanges on August 24, 2012 and August 28, 2012, between Eberwin and Hemer, the parties failed to reach agreement on a structure for the Eberwein's to join the Board of Directors.