AmeriNet Completes Transition to June 30 Year End, Restructures American Internet Acquisition & Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire WRI.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- AmeriNet Group.com, Inc., a publicly held 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. ("AmeriNet") registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act (current OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. symbol "ABUY"), announced today that it filed a report on Form 10-KSB for the "short year" ended June 30, 1999 on Friday, October 22, 1999, completing its transition to a June 30 year end. Because of the use of a "short year" for 1999 (six rather than twelve months), the discontinuance Cessation; ending; giving up. The discontinuance of a lawsuit, also known as a dismissal or a non-suit, is the voluntary or involuntary termination of an action. DISCONTINUANCE, pleading. A chasm or interruption in the pleading. 2. of prior operations and the acquisition of American Internet on June 25, 1999, the financial information does not lend itself to period by period comparison in a meaningful manner, consequently, AmeriNet added separate audited financial information for American Internet as well as pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma financial information. The report indicates a material reduction in loss per share (from ($0.10) per share in 1998 to ($0.02) per share in 1999) and a material increase in assets based on the America Internet acquisition, however, that increase is principally attributable to good will which would detrimentally impact earnings over a fifteen year period. The report also discloses that American Internet's operations were negatively impacted by its decision to outsource most of its non sales functions. In order to remedy American Internet's declining sales and the effect of goodwill on future earnings, AmeriNet has: Renegotiated its agreement with American Internet's former principal stockholders who have agreed to return 932,756 of the 1,486,736 AmeriNet shares originally issued to them in exchange for release from their multi-year employment agreements and $48,000 and agreed to cancellation of all rights to receipt of additional, performance based shares, and, Entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the common stock of Wriwebs.com, Inc., a Florida corporation ("WRI WRI Wolfram Research, Inc. (makers of Mathematica) WRI World Resources Institute WRI War Resisters' International WRI Western Research Institute (Laramie, WY) WRI Water Research Institute ") engaged in the web design and hosting business (through its own personnel and resources) in exchange for approximately 500,000 shares of AmeriNet common stock (subject to adjustment based on the price of AmeriNet's common stock). Unaudited financial statements provided to AmeriNet by WRI for the full fiscal year ended October 19, 1999 disclose total income of $1,327,813, total expenses of $1,199,553 with a net, pretax profit of $125,553. AmeriNet and WRI expect to conclude the proposed acquisition during the fourth calendar quarter of 1999. AmeriNet Group.com, Inc. Audited financial statements for WRI's year ended June 30, 1999 would be filed with the Commission within 75 days after its acquisition and may vary based on normal year end adjustments. It is anticipated that WRI and American Internet would be merged with WRI surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AmeriNet, that AmeriNet would invest $300,000 in WRI during the 120 day period following completion of the WRI audit and that WRI's former stockholders would have a two year right to spin out as an independent public company subject to repaying all funds advanced by AmeriNet (with interest) and permitting AmeriNet to retain between 20% to 30% of WRI's common stock. Noting that WRI's capacity for in house hosting and production would solve American Internet's outsourcing problems, Michael Harris Mike Harris or Michael Harris may refer to:
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Certain matters discussed in this press release may pertain to "forward-looking statements" as 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. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties including but not limited to changes in general economic conditions, access to utilities, prices and costs, interest rates, consumer confidence, competition, environmental factors and governmental regulations. |
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