Peter: Definitely. But it paid off for our friend. He gave us the money in 1992 and in 1997 he got back circa 300,000 guilders. Aletta: Another friend invested 70,000 guilders in shares of the company two years afterwards. We repurchased half of those shares a year later and bought back the remainder two or three years after that. By 1997, we had repaid all outside capital that had been loaned or invested. No Fields Found.