Charter Plan Attracts Four RV Acquisition Candidates.GILBERT, Ariz. -- Charter Equities, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CEQI) announced today that since the recent acquisition of Saddleback Saddleback see Wessex saddleback. Recreational Vehicles, Inc. www.saddlebackrv.com and the release of its Plan to consolidate RV dealerships, Charter has been contacted by representatives of four suitable RV dealership acquisition candidates representing approximately $400,000,000 of annual sales revenues to pursue discussions for combining their dealerships under the Charter Plan. "An individual dealer and a group that had been exploring a roll up of RV dealers have contacted Charter to discuss any potential for a business combination under our Plan," said Mat Curtner, President of Charter. "We appreciate their interest level and see it as a further validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. of our vision that could very well accelerate our next twelve month acquisitions," Curtner said. Discussions with a move toward a possible Letter of Intent with the candidates will be pursued at the earliest convenience of the parties. The Charter Consolidation Plan reveals that the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. recreation vehicle industry is a $16 billion a year industry that caters to the travel and leisure needs of an estimated 30 million RV enthusiasts by selling and servicing recreation vehicles. The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA RVIA Recreational Vehicle Industry Association, Inc. ) lists the number of new RVs shipped to dealers in a range between 256,000 up to 384,400 per year since 2001. Saddleback is a highly visible recreational vehicle dealer in Colton, California Colton is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 47,662 at the 2000 census. Colton is the site of Colton Crossing, one of the busiest at-grade railroad crossings in the United States. . Saddleback operated from Irvine, California Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (as of 2007). from 1991 before moving to its new, state-of-the-art Colton dealership facility in 2006. Their new dealership includes a comfortable atmosphere and extensive service capabilities for the well-heeled RVer. With average annual sales of $24,938,000 the past four years, Saddleback has a recognized and well established presence in the RV dealership community. Saddleback has exclusive marketing territories for the following products or manufacturers: 5th Wheel Trailers by Carriage, Inc.; Toyhaulers by Dutchman; Class C and Class A motorhomes by Gulfstream and Four Winds, a division of Thor, and luxury motorhomes by Foretravel. 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 Charter, Saddleback will continue to be managed by Michael Sebastian as Dealer Principal of the Saddleback dealership with the added responsibility of identifying potential acquisition candidates. In addition to Saddleback and the RV acquisition plan, Charter currently invests in, owns and manages real estate in the Phoenix market through its other subsidiaries, Charter Investment Properties, Inc. and Charter Media and Marketing, Inc. www.charterequitiesgroup.com Statements contained in this release, which are not historical facts, may be considered "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. " under 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. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. We caution the reader that such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Unknown risk, uncertainties as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors could cause actual results to materially differ from the results, performance or expectations expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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