Focus Enhancements Receives Nasdaq Bid Deficiency Letter; Company Has Six Months to Regain Compliance with Minimum Bid Price Rule.CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Focus Enhancements, 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 CAPITAL:FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ), a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced that on June 27, 2006, it received a letter from 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. notifying the company that for the last 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of the company's common stock has closed below the minimum $1.00 per share price requirement for continued inclusion under Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(4). Focus Enhancements has 180 calendar days to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market Originally called the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, NASDAQ announced a name change to the NASDAQ Capital Market on September 27, 2005. [1] The NASDAQ Capital Market exists for securities of smaller, less-capitalized companies (small caps) that do not qualify for $1.00 minimum bid price rule. If at any time before December 26, 2006, the bid price of the company's common stock closes at $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq will notify the company that it is in compliance with the Rules. If Focus Enhancements does not regain compliance within the allotted compliance period, including any extensions that may be granted by Nasdaq, Nasdaq staff will notify the company that its common stock will be delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market. Focus Enhancements would then be entitled to appeal the Staff's determination to a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel and request a hearing. About Focus Enhancements, Inc. Focus Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ CAPITAL:FCSE), headquartered in Campbell, CA, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video and wireless video technologies. The company's Semiconductor Group develops integrated circuits (ICs) for high-performance applications in the video convergence market, including IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. set-top boxes and portable media players. Focus Enhancements is currently developing a wireless IC chip set based on the WiMedia UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and standard and designed to be compatible with Wireless USB and used in personal computer (PC), consumer electronics (CE), and mobile electronics applications. The company's System Group develops video products for the digital media markets, with customers in the broadcast, video production, digital signage and digital asset management markets. More information on Focus Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Focus Enhancements home page at http://www.Focusinfo.com. 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. Statement Statements in this press release which are not historical, including statements regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations, representations, plans or predictions about the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning 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. Such statements include statements regarding management's plans to retain the company's Nasdaq listing. Because these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the risk factors specified in the company's Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005,Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, as well as other filings with the SEC. These statements are based on information as of June 30, 2006 and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. |
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