Canterbury Forms Internet Incubator Division; Alliance With e*machinery.net.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MEDFORD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000 Canterbury Information Technology, 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 - CITI CITI Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (Columbia University) CITI Center for Information Technology Integration (University of Michigan) CITI Collaborative IRB Training Initiative ) - announced today that it had formed an Internet incubator incubator, apparatus for the maintenance of controlled conditions in which eggs can be hatched artificially. Incubator houses with double walls of mud, a fireroom, and several compartments each holding about 6,000 hens' eggs were developed in ancient times; the division to develop, finance, and assist emerging growth information technology companies. Canterbury's division is prepared to work closely with IT companies in order to provide technological, operational and managerial services. This support will be supplied by the various Canterbury Companies in their areas of expertise as well as Canterbury Corporate Management. Stanton M. Pikus, President of Canterbury, said, "Canterbury expects to gain revenues and profits in this business segment by providing services to its allied companies and accepting for payment a large portion of its receivables in the stock of these companies. On this basis, Canterbury would become a substantial minority stockholder of each of its allied companies. It is Canterbury's belief that this division will be an important complement to its ongoing commitment to build shareholder value. " Canterbury is currently providing the aforementioned services to e*machinery.net, inc. (OTBCC: EMAC). The Internet's first international web site/portal for the construction and mining industry. EMAC's web site will provide a "state of the art" electronic exchange for the purchase and sale of new and used construction and mining machinery. EMAC will also provide access to financing, underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. , shipping, inspection, appraisals, training and other associated services. U.S. Machinery Corp., 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 EMAC, will specialize in purchasing, rebuilding and refurbishing used Caterpillar (CAT), construction and mining machinery manufactured with U.S. serial numbers to access the financial opportunities with the U.S. Exim-Bank in their globally preferred countries. In addition to emerging Internet companies, the Canterbury Incubator Division would also be interested in working with technology companies involved in interactive marketing, secure transaction software, hosting, enabling tools and technologies. However, the Division's primary target would be Internet companies focused on business-to-business, industry specific portals. Canterbury intends to provide its allied companies with internal business systems, marketing, finance, and technology development. Canterbury will also work to establish business relationships for its partners with other Internet companies, suppliers and in particular with the Canterbury subsidiaries and their customers in order to assist in the development and marketing of new products and services. Since almost all of the developmental candidates accepted will be private companies, Canterbury also intends to negotiate public status for these companies at an early stage by either merging them with an existing public vehicle or by arranging an initial public offering with an investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. . If additional capital is required, Canterbury intends to assist them in arranging private placements. The Canterbury Companies provide a wide variety of computer and management training programs and technology consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to Fortune 1000 companies. CALC/Canterbury is a Microsoft Solutions Provider and a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center (CTEC CTEC Course and Teacher Evaluation Council (Northwestern University, Office of the Register) CTEC Certified Technical Education Center CTEC Certified Technical Education Center (Microsoft) ), as well as a Lotus Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Education Center (LAEC LAEC Lotus Authorized Education Center LAEC Leicester Adult Education College (Leicester, UK) LAEC Los Angeles Electronic Club ). CALC/Canterbury is the first Linuxcare Authorized Mentoring Center with the exclusive territory of the eastern seaboard and Texas. CALC/Canterbury provides application and technical computer training, technical services and staffing and both instructor led and on-line course development. CALC (tool, mathematics) Calc - An extensible, advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool written in Emacs Lisp by Dave Gillespie <daveg@synaptics.com>. Calc runs as part of GNU Emacs. Web University, an online training portal, developed and hosted by CALC/Canterbury, focuses on design and delivery of online training in both Internet and intranet environments. USC/Canterbury, a CTEC in the Mid-Atlantic area, provides technical training and network development and design. USC/Canterbury is also a premier value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). of hardware and software. MSI/Canterbury offers sales and management training and consulting to corporations nationwide. ATM/Canterbury is a software consulting and development company that specializes in document imaging, tracking and retrieval. In addition to historical facts or statements of current condition, 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. . The Company's performance and financial results could differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements due to general financial, economic, regulatory and political conditions or additional factors unknown to the Company at this time, as well as more specific risks and uncertainties such as those set forth in documents filed by the Company with the SEC (copies of which are available upon request or over the Internet at www.sec.gov). Given these risks and uncertainties, any or all of these forward-looking statements may prove to be incorrect. Therefore, current or prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Furthermore, the Company has no intent, and disclaims any obligation, to update any such factors or forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments. The Internet addresses There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. for the Canterbury companies are: Corporate - www.canterburyciti.com CALC/Canterbury Corp. - www.calc.com USC/Canterbury Corp. - www.gettrained.com ATM/Canterbury Corp. - www.atmcan.com MSI/Canterbury Corp. - www.msitrain.com CALC Web University - http://learn.calc.com |
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