Atlantic Beverage Company, Inc. changes name to Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd.NORTHBROOK, IL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 1997--Atlantic Beverage Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:ABEV) today announced that at its Annual Meeting held in Northbrook, Illinois on May 15, 1997, its shareholders approved the name change to Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd. The change will become effective June 1, 1997 upon the filing of an amendment to 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. . For the time being, the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors will remain (Nasdaq:ABEV), although the Company is considering alternatives. The Company's new name, Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd. reflects the Company's expansion beyond its origins in the beverage distribution business. In 1996, the Company initiated the implementation of a new corporate growth strategy aimed at increasing shareholder value. As a result, the Company completed five food industry acquisitions during 1996, increasing sales from approximately $20 million to approximately $150 million and increasing total assets from approximately $3 million to approximately $35 million. With earnings of $0.17 per share, 1996 also represented the Company's first profitable year as a public company. Alan F. Sussna, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Beverage commented, "We chose our new name carefully. Atlantic Premium Brands, Ltd. incorporates our heritage, but reflects our new makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces and our future strategy. Our focus is and will continue to be on premium, branded products, whether they be beverage or food, self manufactured or distributed." The change in the Company's name will not affect the validity or transferability of stock certificates currently outstanding and Company's stockholders will not be required to exchange any certificates they currently hold. Atlantic Beverage Company, Inc., through its operations in Texas, Louisiana and Kentucky, manufactures, markets and distributes food products for customers in an eleven state region, and through its operations in Maryland distributes branded, non-alcoholic beverages
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