Anything Internet Changes Name and Symbol.Business Editors DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 Anything Internet Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ANYI) announces that its shareholders approved a name change to Inform Worldwide Holdings Inc. and will be trading under the symbol (OTCBB:IWWH IWWH If Wishes Were Horses IWWH Inland Waterfowl and Wading Bird Habitat ), effective Friday, November 17, 2000. At the annual meeting November 14, shareholders ratified the new name, signaling the company's shift in focus to location and mapping-based services. "The name better reflects the company's mission and focus on providing location-based services See mobile positioning. for commercial and consumer applications," stated Chairman 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. Larry Arnold. "It reflects the complete transition of the company to serve emerging mobile and wireless markets." Mr. Arnold further stated, "If you want something located, tracked, found or mapped, we can do it." IWWH serves as a holding company for Inform Worldwide Inc. (Inform) and Mapas y Datos, which it is acquiring under a definitive agreement. Inform is a syndicator of location-based technologies, that combine geography and the Internet. Inform delivers its location-based services through an E-hub platform combining ASP capabilities with map content, real-time monitoring and a variety of software applications. Mapas y Datos is the leading developer of mapping and location-based applications in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . It is best known for its Spanish mapping portal "Mapas Latinos," www.mapaslatinos.com. Through its subsidiaries, IWWH is an early mover in the emergent field of L-commerce. L-commerce consists of "location-aware" applications that deliver location and geographic information for commercial use. The company enables Internet-based "location services See mobile positioning. " to deliver information to users based on the location of fixed and/or mobile assets through Internet and/or wireless communication devices. Presently, the services offered include Internet-based tracking of vehicles and valuable assets and specialized Internet mapping portals. These services are provided through the company's Application Service Provider (ASP) business model over the Internet through wireless mobile devices. The company intends to leverage its core capabilities to become the leading provider of location-based services in the Americas. 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 provides a "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " for 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. . Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by Anything Internet Corporation) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the future anticipated direction of the high-technology industry, plans for future expansion, various business development activities, planned capital expenditures, future funding sources, anticipated sales growth and potential contracts. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of Anything Internet Corporation. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to development and expansion activities, dependence on existing management, financing activities, domestic and global economic conditions, changes in federal or state tax laws, and market competition factors. For a description of additional risks and uncertainties, please refer to Anything Internet's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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