SSTY Releases Further Details of ONTV, Inc. Acquisition
24 März 2006 - 3:49PM
PR Newswire (US)
BEIJING, and PHILADELPHIA, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On
March 17, 2006, Sure Trace Security Corporation (OTC:SSTY)
announced that it had acquired the controlling interest in ONTV,
Inc. (OTC:ONTV) (BULLETIN BOARD: ONTV) , a company presently
trading on the NASDAQ OTC Bulletin Board. At the time it stated
that consideration was in cash and contractual rights. Sure Trace
intends to provide to its stockholders detailed information
regarding the business and management of ONTV, which we expect will
be renamed True Product ID, Inc. (TPID). In addition, ONTV, which
will be under separate day-to-day management from Sure Trace,
intends to file important information related to the spin-off with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8- K. In the
meantime, in response to shareholder requests, Sure Trace is
providing the following additional information. It is not meant to
be a comprehensive disclosure of all material facts concerning
either Sure Trace or ONTV. It is limited to a description of the
purchase transaction. The acquisition took the form of the purchase
of the common stock of ONTV, the outstanding shares of Class A
Preferred Stock, and the outstanding shares of Class B Preferred
Stock. The consideration for the common and Class A Preferred Stock
was the grant to ONTV of a Master License from Sure Trace to
conduct all marketing and administrative rights, duties,
responsibilities and obligations presently held by Sure Trace and
its subsidiaries (except for those granted/reserved to Sure Trace
or other parties prior to closing), including the rights, duties,
responsibilities and obligations for the Company's activities in
China and the rest of the world. The consideration for the Class B
Preferred Stock was a payment of $500,000 to the former Chairman,
President and CEO of ONTV. All shares issued to Sure Trace are
"restricted" as defined by SEC Rule 144. In its February 10, 2006
press release, Sure Trace stated an intention to issue to its
shareholders, as a dividend, the shares of ONTV acquired in this
transaction. The company intends to complete this transaction in
full compliance with federal securities laws. In the transaction,
Sure Trace acquired 75% of the outstanding shares of ONTV (i.e., 75
million shares, after conversion of preferred shares, of the 100
million authorized). The other approximately 25 million ONTV shares
are in the hands of public shareholders of ONTV. In the February
10, 2006 press release, Sure Trace said that it intended to
distribute approximately 90% of the common stock of the acquired
company. In order to get to that level, the company planned to
increase its amount of shares post-acquisition. At that time the
company envisioned issuing an additional 150 million restricted
shares to SSTY (after first increasing the authorized shares) so as
to bring the total OS to 250 million. That would leave
approximately 25 million shares in the float and the company's 225
million would equal the 90% stated. However, for strategic reasons,
the plan has changed, in light of the company's intention to not
authorize, issue or register any additional free trading shares
into the market during the 12-month period following the
acquisition. While SSTY will still distribute 100% of the common
stock it holds, that would represent 80% of TPID, not 90%. The
reasoning is that it became apparent to the company that 25 million
shares, which would be the only shares in the float during that
time, may not provide enough liquidity in the stock and may inhibit
the company in attracting new investors in the open market;
therefore we expect that ONTV will issue only 25 million additional
restricted shares to Sure Trace, thereby bringing the total
outstanding shares to 125 million, and then effectuate a 2:1
forward split, so that Sure Trace would own 200 million restricted
shares and the remaining stockholders would own approximately 50
million shares. These 200 million held by SSTY are the shares that
will be the subject of the SSTY shareholder dividend at
approximately 20:1, that is for approximately every 20 shares of
SSTY a shareholder would receive 1 restricted share of ONTV/TPID.
They would also retain their shares of SSTY. Since there were
3,939,517,068 shares of Sure Trace issued and outstanding as of the
Record Date, that makes the conversion ratio 19.697:1 (i.e. for
every 19.697 shares of SSTY the shareholder is scheduled to get 1
TPID/ONTV) given that there will be 200 million TPID/ONTV shares to
distribute. The current plan envisions the dividend shares being
issued shortly after 20 days from the date of mailing of the
Information Statement. The following is a further illustration of
the effect of this planned distribution to SSTY shareholders. The
following figures represent the daily moving average of the
respective stocks for and as of the five-hour period preceding the
close of the market 3/24/06) 19.679 SSTY shares @ $0.00169 = $0.033
1.0 ONTV share = $0.099 ($0.1989 adjusted for the split)
----------------------- TOTAL VALUE = $0.1685 Therefore, as of the
close of business 3/17/06, approximately $0.033 worth of SSTY would
give the shareholders of record approximately an additional $0.10
worth of ONTV stock for free. Michael Cimino, SSTY's president
said: "As our Chairman, James Mackay said previously, we hope to
follow this template (that is, shares in the public company will be
delivered to SSTY's then-present shareholder base) with at least
one other subsidiary of SSTY, Globe Staff. Although no specific
plan exists for Globe Staff at this time, we are working diligently
toward such an event." About Sure Trace Security Corporation Sure
Trace produces integrators for anti-counterfeiting and security
surveillance applications and is a provider of integrated tracking
devices. The Company intends to deliver turnkey solutions for
governments, armed forces, and industry, through its own
proprietary technology and through aggregating the technology,
products, and services of third parties via licensing agreements
and/or joint ventures. For more information go to:
http://www.suretrace.com/. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: This news release
contains "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future
expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally
preceded by words such as "future," "plan" or "planned," "will" or
"should," "expected," "anticipates," "draft," "eventually" or
"projected." You are cautioned that such statements are subject to
a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future
circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements, including the risks
that our products may not achieve customer acceptance or perform as
intended, that we may be unable to obtain necessary financing to
continue operations and development, and other risks. You should
consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements
included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements.
The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and
Sure Trace undertakes no obligation to update such statements. In
August 2005, the common stock of Sure Trace was suspended from
trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but the
suspension ended in accordance with the securities laws after ten
days. Management of Sure Trace is currently working with the
broker-dealer community and regulators to permit quotations to be
entered as soon as possible. More information will be provided to
the public when circumstances warrant. DATASOURCE: Sure Trace
Security Corporation CONTACT: Michael Cimino, President, Sure Trace
Security Corporation, +1-215-972-6999, Web site:
http://www.suretrace.com/
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