American Stock Exchange Lists Common Stock of Fountain Powerboat Industries, Inc.
14 April 2005 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Stock Exchange Lists Common Stock of Fountain Powerboat
Industries, Inc. NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The American
Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) today listed common shares of Fountain
Powerboat Industries, Inc., under the ticker symbol FPB. Fountain
Powerboat Industries is transferring from the NASDAQ-SCM where it
traded under the symbol FPWR. Located in Washington, NC, and
founded more than 25 years ago, Fountain Powerboat Industries,
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, designs, manufactures, and
sells offshore sport boats, sport fishing boats and sport cruisers
intended for the segment of the recreational power boat market
where speed, performance, and quality are the main criteria for
purchase. It also produces military support craft for domestic and
international government agencies, including the United States
Customs Service, the United States Navy and the United States Coast
Guard. "We are delighted to welcome Fountain Powerboat Industries
to the American Stock Exchange," said John McGonegal, senior vice
president of the Amex Equities Group. "We look forward to working
with Fountain Powerboat Industries and providing them with the
value-added resources a growing company needs to succeed in today's
market." "We are pleased to announce the listing of our common
stock on the American Stock Exchange," said Fountain Powerboats CEO
Reggie M. Fountain, Jr. "We firmly believe this listing will
broaden our reach to capital markets, improve shareholder
liquidity, increase our overall visibility in the financial
community, and enable a wider range of investors to participate in
the next phase of growth of our company." The specialist in
Fountain Powerboat Industries, Inc. will be AIM Securities. For
more information on Fountain Powerboat Industries, or any
Amex-listed company, please visit http://www.amex.com/. The
American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange
that offers trading across a full range of equities, options and
exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and
HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market,
the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the
first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in
ETF listings, the Amex lists 155 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one
of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on
broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign
stocks. For more information, please visit http://www.amex.com/.
DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange CONTACT: J.R.Brandstrader
of American Stock Exchange, 212-306-1440, or Web site:
http://www.amex.com/
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