ADDvantage Media Shareholders Approve Reverse Split of Stock.TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998--ADDvantage Media Group, Inc. (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 :ADDM ADDM Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (Oracle Database 10g) ADDM Asynchronous Digital Data Modem ADDM Assistant District Director for Management ADDM Asynchronous Distributed Decision Making ), announced today that its shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation certificate of incorporation n. some states issue a certificate to prove a corporation's existence upon the filing of Articles of Incorporation. In most states the Articles are sufficient proof. to effect a one for four reverse stock split. The amendment will become effective at the close of business on Thursday, October 8, 1998. The trading of the shares on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market should reflect the effect of the reverse split when trading opens on Friday, October 9, 1998. As a result of the reverse stock split, the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company will be reduced from approximately 5,907,000 to 1,476,750. The number of shares held by each shareholder will be reduced to an amount equal to 25% of the number owned prior to the effectiveness of the reverse split. Holders otherwise entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: to fractional shares Fractional share Stocks amounting to less than one full share, usually resulting from splits, acquisitions, exchanges, or dividend reinvestment programs. fractional share Less than one share of stock, that is, one-third or one-half a share. will be rounded up if they would have been entitled to one-half or more of a share, and they will be rounded down if they would have been entitled to less than one-half share. The number of shares subject to outstanding options and warrants will be reduced accordingly. The purpose for the reverse split is to cause the bid for the Company's common stock to be no less than $1.00 per share. Since the announcement of the termination of the Company's contract with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Company's stock has been trading at less than $1.00 per share. Under the rules of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the continued listing of a company's shares on that market requires, among other things, a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share. Charles C. Hood, President of ADDvantage Media Group, Inc., stated, "Since our announcement in May of the termination of our Wal-Mart contract, our shares have been trading in the approximate range Noun 1. approximate range - near to the scope or range of something; "his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark" ballpark ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a of $.35 to $.75 per share. We anticipate that as a result of this reverse stock split, the minimum bid for our shares will be greater than the minimum of $1.00 per share, thereby allowing the continued listing of the shares on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market." ADDVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP, INC. is a marketing company with a primary focus on in-store, point-of-sale consumer advertising. The Company has a unique, proprietary product, the Shoppers Calculator calculator or calculating machine, device for performing numerical computations; it may be mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic. The electronic computer is also a calculator but performs other functions as well. (R), a solar-powered calculator that attaches directly to the handle of a shopping cart. The calculator also carries an advertising display area. Statements regarding the anticipated market price of the shares of ADDvantage Media Group, Inc., the continued listing of those shares on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market and related matters 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. which are subject to a number of uncertainties, risks and other cautionary statements, including those contained in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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