ABMC Completes $2.55 Million Private Placement of Common Shares.Business Editors KINDERHOOK, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 23, 2001 American Bio Medica medica (māˑ·dē·k Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ABMC ABMC American Battle Monuments Commission ABMC Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Illinois) ABMC Aviation Battle Management Concept ABMC Arrowbear Music Camp (California) ) today announced it has completed the private placement of 2.55 million newly-issued common shares, together with warrants to purchase 1.27 million shares of common stock at $1.05 per share, for gross proceeds of $2.55 million. ABMC estimates its net proceeds Net Proceeds The amount received after all costs are deducted from the sale of a piece of property or security. Notes: In the case of an investor selling a security, net proceeds represent the proceeds from the sale minus any trading costs (i.e. commissions). , after deducting the placement agent's commission and the expenses of the offering, will be approximately $2.3 million. Brean Murray & Co., Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY, acted as exclusive placement agent in the offering. Robert L. Aromando, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ABMC, commented "We continue to aggressively pursue sales opportunities to achieve our business objectives and the proceeds of this offering will enable us to fund expansion of our manufacturing capacity to meet expected market and customer demands." About American Bio Medica Corporation American Bio Medica Corporation develops, manufactures and markets inexpensive, accurate on-site drugs-of-abuse diagnostic kits, sprays and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services worldwide. The company's global distributors target the workplace, physicians, corrections, clinical and educational markets. ABMC's Drug Detector(TM) identifies minute traces of illegal drugs on surfaces, while the company's Rapid Drug Screen(TM) tests individuals and is proven to correlate greater than 99% with the standard laboratory screening test. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of 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. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition for the Company, new products and technological changes, intellectual property rights and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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