Andrea Electronics Announces Results of Annual Meeting Of Stockholders; Second Issuance of the Series D Preferred Stock Scheduled to Close on June 1, 2004.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004 Andrea Electronics Corporation (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AND) today announced the results of its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the meeting, the stockholders elected Douglas J. Andrea, John R. Croteau, Paul E. Donofrio, Gary A. Jones, Scott M. Koondel, Louis Libin, Joseph J. Migliozzi, and Jonathan D. Spaet to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In addition to electing directors, the shareholders ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. proposal 2, the appointment of Marcum & Kliegman LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol as the Company's independent public accountants for the year ending December 31, 2004. Additionally, proposal 3, the issuance of 1,250,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Convertible Preferred Stock Preferred stock that includes an option for the holder to convert the preferred shares into a fixed number of common shares, usually anytime after a predetermined date. Also known as "convertible preferred shares". and related warrants, including the terms and provisions of the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock providing for adjustment to the number of shares of common stock into which a share of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted, was approved and ratified, and proposal 4, the issuance of an additional 1,250,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock and related warrants, was approved as well. As such, the closing for the issuance of the additional 1,250,000 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock has been scheduled for June 1, 2004. Since approval by the majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of proposal 5, the amendment of the restated 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 eliminate a limitation on the conversion of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, was not obtained, the proposal was not approved. "We sincerely appreciate the continued support of Andrea's shareholders at this crucial juncture in the Company's history," stated Paul E. Donofrio, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Andrea Electronics Corporation. "The approval of Proposal 4 was extremely critical for the Company since this additional $1.25M of anticipated funding ensures our continued operation through at least the first quarter of 2005," Mr. Donofrio concluded. About Andrea Electronics Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies and equipment for enhancing applications that require high performance and high quality voice input. The Company's patented Digital Super Directional Array In broadcast engineering, directional array refers to multiple antennas arranged such that the superposition of the electromagnetic waves produce a predictable electromagnetic field. (DSDA DSDA Defence Storage & Distribution Agency (UK Ministry of Defence) DSDA Danish Securities Dealers Association DSDA Doomed Speed Demos Archive DSDA Debt Service Deposit Agreement DSDA Document Storage and Data Archiving (R)), patent-pending Directional Finding and Tracking Array (DFTA DFTA Department for the Aging DFTA Dynamic Fault-Tree Analysis (R)), patented PureAudio(R), and patented EchoStop(TM) far-field microphone technologies enhance a wide range of audio products to eliminate background noise and ensure the optimum performance of voice applications. Visit Andrea Electronics' website at www.AndreaElectronics.com or call 1-800-442-7787. This press release may contain "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 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 words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks," variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve matters that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors, that may affect the business and prospects of Andrea Electronics Corporation (the "Company"). The Company cautions investors about the following significant factors, which, among others, have in some cases affected the Company's actual results and are in the future likely to affect the Company's actual results and could cause them to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements: the rate at which Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea technologies are accepted in the marketplace; the competitiveness of Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea products in terms of technical specifications, quality, price, reliability and service; the sufficiency of the Company's funds for research and development, marketing and general and administrative expenses; infringement and other disputes relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc patents and other intellectual property rights held or licensed by the Company or third parties; the Company's continuing ability to enter and maintain collaborative relationships with other manufacturers, software authoring and publishing companies, and distributors; the emergence of new competitors in the marketplace; the Company's ability to compete successfully against established competitors with greater resources; the uncertainty of future governmental regulation; the Company's ability to obtain additional funds; and general economic conditions. No assurance can be given that the Company will achieve any material sales or profits from the products introduced in this release. These and other similar factors are discussed under the heading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking statements" included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and in the Company's Annual Report to shareholders, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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