WSi Interactive Corporation's Announces Third Quarter Results; Letter to Shareholders.Business Editors VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2000 WSi Interactive Corporation's (CDNX CDNX See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :WIZ.) (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :WIZZF) 9 month revenues totaled $4.1 million. In the 3rd quarter of WSi's first year as a public company, revenue totaled $1.2 million. The year to date net loss of $217,000 is after a charge for depreciation and amortization of $399,000. Assets grew from $3.9 million to $8 million during the quarter. With ongoing revenue from WSi's network of online businesses, as well as revenue from web and marketing service activities, management is confident that the fiscal year goal of revenue of $6 million will be met by June 30, 2000. In the direct marketing division, the lottery project is now fully underway and billings for this project are expected to be a minimum of $1.5 million for the fourth quarter. Shareholder Update Since the beginning of this fiscal year, WSi has grown from less than 20 employees to its current 86 employees and eleven Internet businesses in various stages of development. Not surprisingly, this rate of growth was not without some pain. The last quarter has been pivotal for WSi, and it is beginning to mature as an organization. Management has recognized the need to ensure clarity of vision and a culture to support such rapid growth. Considerable time and effort have been devoted to corporate restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). and the creation of an environment that is conducive con·du·cive adj. Tending to cause or bring about; contributive: working conditions not conducive to productivity. See Synonyms at favorable. to good communication; an environment in which every individual has the ability to contribute fully to the growth of the organization. As part of this process, all employees have contributed to the creation of WSi's vision. WSi's Vision WSi will be recognized as the best "total solution" Internet business incubation incubation /in·cu·ba·tion/ (in?ku-ba´shun) 1. the provision of proper conditions for growth and development, as for bacterial or tissue cultures. 2. partner. WSi will strive to be the leading resource for Internet entrepreneurs An Internet Entrepreneur is a person that engages in business on the internet and helps to shape the future of business on the internet by being an innovator. One who is able to recognize opportunity and administer resources to take advantage of the opportunities. and their companies to find top quality business, marketing and technological expertise, people and venture capital. While WSi is pursuing a strategy of steady profitable growth and remains focused on the development of proprietary Internet businesses, it is balancing this work with revenue-generating projects for third parties. WSi has spent significant amounts improving its infrastructure. Since the beginning of the year, $300,000 has been invested in hardware and software for the web development team. As part of WSi's physical expansion, there are currently 32 workstations for programmers This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. See also: Game programmer, List of computer scientists , designers and other web development personnel. The production department now operates as a stand-alone profit center. Approximately $800,000 of improvements have been made to server hardware, strengthening WSi's ability to handle increasing traffic to its businesses and facilitate WSi's convergence technology strategy. In April, WSi also became a partner of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Canada. This alliance with IBM allows WSi to take on business projects of virtually unlimited scope using IBM's software solutions. In the last quarter, WSi has made investments in Flashcandy.com and Nurv Media, and formed a joint venture with RG Diamonds Inc. to build two diamond e-commerce sites. WSi also started a new division, DNS (Domain Name System) A system for converting host names and domain names into IP addresses on the Internet or on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol. For example, when a Web site address is given to the DNS either by typing a URL in a browser or behind the Media, which is a full-service media streaming solutions company to service the broadcast markets in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. DNS Media Inc. intends to launch a broadband video delivery network through strategic relationships it is currently developing. Seasoned teams have been assigned to Targetpacks.com, Healthcreator.com, and the hospitality vertical. WSi plans to find suitable public vehicles for Healthcreator.com and the hospitality vertical to raise further development funding. It is anticipated that investments in convergence technologies, a major priority for WSi, will benefit the growth of Targetpacks.com. InvestmentWorldNews.com's debut issue was a success and will continue to be expanded and published, while at the same time serving to significantly increase WSi's subscriber database. The new corporate culture at WSi has also resulted in an increased awareness of the financial objectives for the various projects WSi has, and a more stringent process of 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. has been implemented to review the steadily increasing flow of Internet businesses and other opportunities. In light of this new approach to managing growth, WSi's involvement in certain projects is under review, and in some cases projects have been terminated. In March, WSi announced that it was selling its Stocksecrets.com business to a US public company, Internetfinancialcorp.com, the shares of which trade on 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. market with 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 "IFAN IFAN Institut Fondamental d'afrique Noire IFAN Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (French Institute of Black Africa) IFAN International Federation of Standards Users ". It was a condition of the transaction that IFAN would conclude a US$1 million financing which would be used to develop and run the Stocksecrets.com business. IFAN has now advised WSi that its previously announced US$1 million financing is not proceeding. Consequently, WSi is not going forward with this sale. Despite IFAN's default, the business of Stocksecrets is moving forward 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. plan and continues to generate revenue. WSi is currently considering alternative options for the future spin off of Stocksecrets and will announce any material information at the appropriate time. Also in March, WSi announced that it had entered into letters of intent for the exclusive rights to a broadband telecommunications system from Global Communications Inc. for Washington State and Canada. It was announced that the transactions were subject to various conditions in favor of WSi, including due diligence reviews and the entering into formal license agreements with Global Communications. To date, WSi has not received the necessary due diligence information and no formal license agreements have been entered into. Consequently, WSi is currently looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. other opportunities in the broadband and wireless sectors. In other news, the private placement previously announced on April 25th at $C2.15 is not proceeding at this time due to the recent volatility in the market. Walter Maughan has resigned as a director of the Company. Management of WSi wishes to thank him for his contribution in this past exciting year. On behalf of the entire WSi team, we thank you, our shareholders, for your continued support. We believe your company is taking the necessary actions to continue our successful growth. We look forward to providing you with our fourth quarter update and a copy of our first annual report this fall. The Business of WSi WSi Interactive Corporation is an innovative business development and marketing firm whose objective is to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. content and infrastructure opportunities on the Internet. WSi builds, manages and markets online businesses in the financial, e-tail and e-commerce, entertainment, and e-advertising sectors. WSi focuses on early-stage companies where it can add significant value to the investment through a network of relationships and strategic alliances, using its experience to help Internet companies to build traffic, develop brands, and capitalize on a variety of revenue streams. 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ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY Theo Sanidas, President This news release may contain 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 risks and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing and general economic conditions as they affect the Company's clients. Actual results and developments may therefore differ materially from those described in this release. No regulatory authority Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities has reviewed nor accepted any responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this release. |
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