We show that, for any 2n+ 2 distinct points a1, a′ 1, a2, a′ 2, . . . , an+1, a′ n+1 (in this order) on the unit circle, there is an n-by-n matrix A, unique up to unitary equivalence, which has norm one and satisfies the conditions that it has all its eigenvalues in the open unit disc, In − A∗A has rank one and its numerical range is circumscribed by the two (n+ 1)-gons a1a2 · · · an+1 and a′ 1...
