DGSE Companies, Inc. Announces Sale of Corporate Headquarter and Purchase of New Larger Facility in Dallas, Texas.DALLAS -- DGSE Companies DGSE Companies Inc. are a leading precious stones and metals wholesaler and retailer in the Southwestern United States, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.[1][2] Originally known as American Pacific Mint Inc. , Inc. (Nasdaq: DGSE DGSE Direccion General de Seguridad y Emergencias DGSE Direction Générale de Sécurité Extérieure (French Equivalent of MI6 and CIA) DGSE Director General Spectrum Engineering Branch (Canada) ), which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds, precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, today announced that has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Corporate Headquarters in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. to the Texas Department of Transportation for a cash purchase price of $1,299,990. Additionally, DGSE announced its agreement to purchase over 3 acres with showroom and office facilities totaling 17,962 square feet for $3,000,000. "We are very delighted to have concluded a transaction at an attractive price for the facility we have owned and occupied for over 20 years," noted William H. Oyster, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of DGSE Companies, Inc. Mr. Oyster continued, "The sale will result in a long-term capital gain Long-term capital gain A profit on the sale of a security or mutual fund share that has been held for more than one year. for the company and our purchase of a much larger fully developed property will allow us the facilities to consolidate the infrastructure necessary to support our much larger size and nationwide operations. The new location will serve as headquarters, internet and IT center, a new and modern showroom with customer parking for almost 200 vehicles and state of the art auction facilities. We will be able to house our growing internet segment, perform onsite auctions, process a far greater dollar volume in jewelry, fine watches, rare coins, precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. and service our customers nationwide in a more cost effective way. The new facilities will also allow us to accelerate the integration of our recently completed acquisition of Superior Galleries operations. We expect the purchase of the new property to close in the 4th quarter of 2007 and the sale of our headquarters closed in the third quarter of 2007. By agreement with TXDOT TXDOT Texas Department of Transportation , we will continue to occupy our current facility until January of 2008." DGSE Companies, Inc. wholesales retails and auctions jewelry, diamonds, fine watches, and precious metal bullion and rare coins products to domestic and international customers through its Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange, Charleston Gold and Diamond Exchange, Superior Galleries and National Jewelry Exchange subsidiaries and well as through the internet. DGSE also owns Fairchild International, Inc., one of the largest vintage watch wholesalers in the country. In addition to its retail facilities in Dallas and Euless, Texas Euless is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 51,226 in a 2005 census estimate. Part of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which serves the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is inside the city limits of Euless. , Charleston, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Beverly Hills, California, the Company operates live Internet auctions which can be accessed at www.dgse.com and through Superior Galleries website at www.sgbh.com. Real-time price quotations and real-time order execution in precious metals are provided on another DGSE web site at www.USBullionExchange.com. Wholesale customers can access our full vintage watch inventory through the restricted site at www.FairchildWatches.com. DGSE also makes collateralized consumer loans at its two Dallas locations and payday loans at three facilities in New Mexico. The Company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and its common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. [R] under the symbol "DGSE". This press release includes statements which may constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the words "will", "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of 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 inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of DGSE's products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, the risks associated with business combinations, industry factors (including competition, fluctuations in interest rates and bullion values), dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the DGSE's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual results or performance by DGSE could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on the results of operations or financial condition of DGSE. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. |
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