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A Facile Cross-Jab between Boxing and Entertainment: Orbit Brands Corp. Acquires BBKO Ltd.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Orbit Brands Corporation (Nasdaq: OBTV) announced today that it has acquired BBKO Ltd., a 21st century boxing venture headquartered in Los Angeles that seeks to broaden the sport beyond its traditional ring by infusing it with equally hard-hitting entertainment.

BBKO is recruiting and will aggressively market up to 20 fighters, all with world-class boxing potential. Concurrently, the company is in negotiations to retain the world's best boxing trainers and managers, and is in the process of establishing a Los Angeles-based training facility. Toward its long-term goal of becoming a vertically integrated venture, BBKO is developing television programming with major network partners as well as ancillary revenue Ancillary Revenue

Revenue generated from goods or services that differ from or enhance the main services or product lines of a company. By introducing new products and services or using existing products to branch into new markets, companies create additional opportunities for
 streams, including new merchandising, endorsement, performance, consulting, and licensing opportunities.

While offering the fighters themselves a farsighted far·sight·ed or far-sight·ed
adj.
1. Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.

2. Capable of seeing to a great distance.
 solution - donating a portion of its revenues to implement a boxing retirement fund - the company opens a safety net for investors with a business model that provides a securitized securitized

Of, related to, or being debt securities that are secured with assets. For example, mortgage purchase bonds are secured by mortgages that have been purchased with the bond issue's proceeds.
 aggregate of talent rather than any single athlete.

Orbit's acquisition of BBKO comes in the wake of four-time Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby and the critically acclaimed Cinderella Man, yet the company has long been coalescing coalescing (kōles´ing),
n a joining or fusing of parts.
 as sports and entertainment themselves have continued to find an ever-stronger nexus. While developing strategic partnerships with major entertainment studios, networks, music stars and promotional companies, BBKO intends to bring a fresh approach to the sport and televised matches - making it more accessible to different audiences while remaining committed to boxing purists through true athletic and professionally sanctioned competition.

BBKO reveals its unique hybrid nature through its acronym: "Beats" (well-established and rising musical artists who root for each competitor through various musical genres, from rap to rock); "Bouts" (the boxing contests themselves, held in compelling venues with celebrity participation and high-quality production values Production values is a media term for "production cost." It refers to the professional look, or "polish," of a production. Factors that affect perceived production value may include video and audio quality, lighting, number of errors, and amount and quality of special effects. ); and "Knockouts" (a fitting metaphor for young ladies whose presence will prove inspirational both to the fighters and audience).

Orbit Brands Corporation is a publicly traded Delaware Corporation A Delaware corporation is a corporation chartered in the U.S. state of Delaware. Delaware is well known as a corporate haven, and thus, over 50% of US publicly-traded corporations and 58% of the Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state.  listed on the Nasdaq. The primary focus of the Company is growth via the acquisition and development of early-stage, high-growth companies in the technology, health and fitness, and consumer goods consumer goods

Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and
 industries. Orbit Brands Corporation is positioned to identify, acquire, fund and develop these companies for the purpose of creating business and shareholder value. Website: www.orbitbrandscorp.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. The Company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward- looking statements, shall be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from the expected results.
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