ClearWorks Moves Forward to Become a Fully Reporting Company.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1999-- ClearWorks.net (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CLWK) announced today that the Company is in the normal course of progression with the current SEC review process of becoming a fully reporting company. The routine process includes the current filing of the Company's amended Form 10-SB, which was filed on Sept. 20, 1999 with the SEC. The Form 10-SB was amended to include responses to SEC comments and to fulfill the requirements of becoming a fully reporting company. The Company anticipates the continuance of its current process and will continue to fulfill its responsibilities to come into full compliance. ClearWorks.net is one of the nation's leading provider of Fiber To The Home (FTTH (Fiber To The Home) See FTTP. ) for the delivery of Bundled Digital Services(SM) including high speed Internet connectivity, dial-tone, digital multi-channel video, on-demand video rental and other digital services. "Our process to become fully reporting has been underway since June of 1999. We have made good progress in the delivery of our Form 10-SB incorporating all current SEC comments. We will continue our process over the next several weeks and are extremely confident that we will establish ourselves as a fully reporting company," stated Mr. McClere, the Company's 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. . The Company falls within the SEC listing requirement dates for companies that begin with letters "CI-CT". As such, the Company has responded and has filed its amended Form 10-SB incorporating current SEC comments. The Company's process entails 30-day notification of delisting from the OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB, which is represented by a symbol change. Starting on Friday, Sept. 24, 1999, ClearWorks.net's 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 change to "CLWKE" which denotes 30 days remaining in the process to become fully reporting. On Jan. 4, 1999 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments to NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). Rules 6530 and 6540 (Rules) to limit quotations on the OTCBB to the securities of companies that report their current financial information to the SEC, banking, or insurance regulators. The new Rules are intended to ensure that investors in OTCBB securities have access to reliable and current information about the issuers of these securities. The new Eligibility Rule was effective immediately for securities not quoted on the OTCBB on Jan. 4, 1999. Issuers whose securities were quoted on the OTCBB as of Jan. 4, 1999 and have continued to be quoted will be required to comply with the Eligibility Rule according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a phase-in schedule starting in July 1999 and continuing through June 2000. The delayed effectiveness of the Rule is designed to enable broker-dealers, investors, and issuers to take appropriate action. The Eligibility Rule provides that, in order for a security to continue being quoted on the OTCBB, the issuer must be required to make periodic filings with the SEC, or with banking or insurance regulators, and be current with those filings. The NASD will affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements. a modifier (programming) modifier - An operation that alters the state of an object. Modifiers often have names that begin with "set" and corresponding selector functions whose names begin with "get". "E" on the security symbol of any securities issuer that does not meet the requirements of the Eligibility Rule. The addition of the modifier will be publicly reported on the OTCBB Daily List, which is available on the OTCBB Web site at www.otcbb.com. The "E" also will be evident to the quoting broker-dealers when they access the security on the 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 Workstation. Once an issuer is deemed not to be in compliance with the Eligibility Rule, the security may continue to be quoted on the OTCBB for a 30 or 60 calendar day grace period from the date that the "E" modifier was appended on the security symbol, depending on the type of issuer. After the grace period, quotations in non-compliant securities will not be permitted on the OTCBB, and member firms will be prohibited from quoting the issuer's security on the OTCBB. The exemption granted by the SEC from Rule 15c2-11 will permit broker-dealers to publish or submit quotations in other quotation mediums, including the National Quotation Bureau's Pink Sheets, for securities being removed from the OTCBB pursuant to NASD Rule 6530 subject to the following conditions: 1. A broker or dealer must have in its records information specified in paragraphs (a)(5)(i), (a)(5)(ii), and (a)(5)(viii) of Rule 15c2-11; 2. The security was quoted in the OTCBB from Jan. 4, 1999 until the date of its removal; 3. The NASD has appended the covered security's symbol to indicate that it is not compliant with Rule 6530; and, 4. A broker or dealer must have published quotations in the covered security Covered Security A class of securities, created by the NSIMA, that enjoys federally imposed exemptions from state restrictions and regulations. Most stocks trading in the US are covered securities. in the OTCBB on at least 12 business days during the preceding 30 calendar days, with no more than four consecutive business days without quotations. This exemption will expire when the implementation of the Eligibility Rule is complete. (The source for this information was the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. . For more details concerning these rules and regulations, please go to www.otcbb.com/news/EligibilityRule.) Certain statements in this release are forward-looking. Although ClearWorks.net (the Company) believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from its expectations. Tech Technology Services, L.L.C. 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