Greenhold Group Acquires Dot-SR, Inc.; Greenhold Founder Returns to Roots of Success in Domain Name Business.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 Greenhold Group, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :GHGI) today announced that it has acquired Dot(SR), Inc. (http://www.register.sr), the exclusive worldwide registry for Web addresses ending in dot-sr (.sr). Dot(SR) provides domain name registration services for entities to secure their brands and trademarks and to enable targeted marketing to seniors. The acquisition follows Dot(SR)'s recent accomplishment of forming alliances with the two largest domain name registration companies in the world, Verisign, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSN VRSN Verisign, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) VRSN Version Number (NEC) ) and Register.com (Nasdaq:RCOM RCOM En Route Communications RCOM Recovery Communication ). The acquisition of Dot(SR) is also part of Greenhold's strategy to return to the successful business model that launched its founder's, John D. Harris, Internet career four years ago, that being the marketing and registration of domain names under country code top level domains (ccTLDs). Harris, whose company acquired the rights to register .md domain names for use by the medical community, believes .sr, with a target market of more than 77 million seniors in the United States alone and 1.3 billion prospects across four languages, has even broader appeal than .md. "We are very excited about the enormous potential of .sr," said Harris. ".sr will compliment Greenhold's other areas of established expertise, including web hosting, wireless services, high speed connectivity and disaster recovery, and believe it will benefit and enhance the long-term value of Greenhold." "By becoming part of the Greenhold Group, Dot(SR) gains the benefit of John Harris' knowledge and expertise in the domain name business and his track record of success in marketing .md," said Steve Correia, Executive Vice President of Dot(SR). "With Greenhold's customer base, sales team and marketing program, we will be able to greatly accelerate the branding of .sr as the Senior Domain and to show businesses already marketing to seniors the value of having a web presence under .sr." About Greenhold Group Greenhold Group, Inc. (OTCBB:GHGI), based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , serves as the parent company for a number of businesses providing Internet-related services, including web hosting, dial-up and wireless technologies, high speed connectivity, disaster recovery and domain name registration for dot-sr (.sr). For more Information about Greenhold, contact John D. Harris, President 954/630-2520 or visit Greenhold's Web site at http://www.greenholdinc.com. About Dot(SR) Dot-SR, Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the exclusive worldwide registry for the dot-sr (.sr) top level domain. The company provides domain name registration services for entities to secure their brands and trademarks and to enable targeted marketing to seniors. The company has registered .sr domain names to such notable companies as Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ), Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Wells Fargo (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WFC WFC Wi-Fi Connection (Nintendo gaming service) WFC Wide-Field Camera WFC World Financial Center (New York) WFC Workforce Center WFC World Federation of Chiropractic WFC World Food Council ), Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), AT&T (NYSE:T), Nokia (NYSE:NOK NOK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Norwegian Krone. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc (pharmaceutical company) GSK Glycogen Synthase Kinase GSK Gruppentraining Sozialer Kompetenzen (Germany) GSK Greenland Shark (FAO fish species code) ). For more information about Dot(SR), contact Steve Correia, Executive Vice President of Marketing at 954/630-2520 or visit Dot(SR)'s website at http://www.register.sr. Forward-looking Statements This announcement may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Although Greenhold Group believes that the expectations reflected in its forward looking statements are reasonable, the company can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward looking statements will prove to be correct, and future results may differ from those discussed in this press release. Important information regarding the factors that may affect future performance is included in the public reports that the company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Greenhold Group disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future event, change in expectations, conditions or circumstances, or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The inclusion of any statement in this release does not constitute an admission that the events or circumstances described in such statements are material. |
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