Collegiate Pacific to Acquire Dixie Sporting Goods - Nation's Largest Independent Team Sports Distributor.DALLAS -- Collegiate Pacific Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : BOO): --To add $15M+ to FY05 sales; FY05 Consolidated Sales to exceed $90M --Transaction to place Nation's #1 and #2 team dealers under CP umbrella --Expands CP geographic footprint for to include 5 strategic East Coast states; increases road force from 80 to 120 sales professionals Company to present this recent development and plans for future growth at the ThinkEquity Conference in Chicago, IL. Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 9:30AM CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. . The presentation will be broadcast live and accessed at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/tep/boo Collegiate Pacific Inc. (AMEX: BOO) today announced it executed a letter of intent to acquire Dixie Sporting Goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport - the Nation's largest independent team sports distributor. Kesslers Team Sports - formerly the nation's largest independent team sports distributor - was acquired by Collegiate Pacific on April 1, 2004. Terms were not disclosed. Closing is anticipated within 60 days. Dixie Sporting Goods, based in Richmond, VA. and founded in 1952, employs 40 road sales professionals throughout five states in the Mid-Atlantic / East Coast region. Dixie is one of the nation's leading distributors of team uniforms to the institutional markets with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales of $17-18M. Michael J. Blumenfeld, 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. of Collegiate Pacific, stated, "We are excited to welcome Dixie and its talented employee base to the CP family. Ken and Michael Caravati - longtime owners and operators of Dixie - will be enormous assets to Collegiate as we build upon their past success. Assuming successful closure of this transaction - subject to customary due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. and the execution of a definitive agreement - Dixie will bring the Company's FY05 (starting July 1 2004) estimated sales to beyond $90M. The combination of Kesslers and Dixie within the CP system will produce the largest direct distributor of branded team uniforms and equipment to institutions in the USA." "Dixie's operation is the perfect compliment to our Kesslers Team Sports platform. The Kessler and Dixie territories are contiguous - creating sales force coverage of 14 neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. states from the Midwest to the East Coast. The addition of Collegiate's 4000 factory - direct equipment skus to Dixie's broad line of branded team uniforms makes for a one-stop-shop to the Dixie customer base - creating what we believe is a substantial competitive advantage. We intend to leverage the sale of our proprietary products through this highly experienced sales force to produce increased revenues; operating margins Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: and earnings in future periods. Dixie's core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Mr. Blumenfeld continued, "Dixie's sustained profitability and organic top line growth fit the mold of companies Collegiate will pursue as we continue to augment our distribution platform. We envision a sales force of national scope; acting as a direct pipeline to over 200,000 potential and actual customers for the multitude of equipment and uniform related products offered. We continue as well to review manufacturer's whose products lend themselves to sale through this burgeoning road sales force and our traditional catalog and telesales telesales Noun the selling of a commodity or service by telephone telesales npl → televentas fpl telesales npl → outlets. The Company maintains an active list of targets under review." Collegiate Pacific is the nation's fastest growing manufacturer and supplier of sports equipment primarily to the institutional markets and through recent acquisitions is now the nation's number one team sports dealer. Certain of the above statements contained in this press release are 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. that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are within the meaning of that term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events, based on the information currently available to it. The forward-looking statements include statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company's anticipated financial performance, business prospects, new developments, new strategies and similar matters. The following important factors, in addition to those described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2003, especially in the Risk Factors and the Management's Discussion and Analysis Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) A report from management to shareholders that accompanies the firm's financial statements in the annual report. It explains the period's financial results and enables management to discuss topics that may not be apparent in the financial sections, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and its Current Reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. (each of which is available upon request from the company or on the company's website, www.cpacsports.com, under the heading "Investors") may affect the future results of the company and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, material adverse changes in the economic conditions in the Company's markets, including as a result of terrorist attacks, competition from others, whether it does or does not conclude its transaction with Dixie Sporting goods; how much the Company may receive from the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants, if anything, and the ability to obtain and retain key executives and employees. We disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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