Letter to Shareholders from Mark D. Schmidt, President/CEO of Cyberlux Corporation
28 April 2011 - 8:10PM
Business Wire
The following is a letter to Shareholders from Mark D. Schmidt,
President/CEO of Cyberlux Corporation.
Dear Fellow Cyberlux Shareholder:
I would like to provide an update to you on Cyberlux Corporation
and on the ongoing challenges facing the Company as we move into
2nd Quarter 2011.
As I’ve said before but want to reiterate, the Company is
grateful for the ongoing support you as shareholders have shown
Cyberlux Corporation and Management’s direction for the Company.
Cyberlux Corporation is truly thankful to have you as an
investor.
The Cyberlux Management team is continuing the challenging
turnaround and restructuring necessary for the Company to continue
Operations, but there are significant, foundational challenges
still to overcome. While the 2010 financial performance for
Cyberlux Corporation has not yet been released, we expect to do so
in the very near future. As we push ahead, the Company does its
best to be as transparent as possible and will provide material
updates whenever it can, always acting in the mutual best interest
of the Company and you, its shareholders.
As previously disclosed, the Company has substantial levels of
debt resulting from early convertible debt investments that were
toxic in nature. In order to continue Operations, we entered into a
settlement agreement with our largest investor which resulted in a
fixed payable on our balance sheet and eliminated a costly and
strategically limiting ‘bottomless’ convertible debt. As a fixed
debt, this payable no longer represents the limitless dilution and
uncertain risk of a toxic convertible debt, and the settlement
gives the Company the option of satisfying the debt by either
issuing stock or making cash payments. Given the maturity of our
business and the cash flow required to operate the Company,
Management has relied on stock to satisfy this payable in a
non-toxic but nonetheless dilutive means. For the foreseeable
future, the Company will continue to require the issuance of equity
as the ongoing means of satisfying this debt settlement.
In effect, this debt repayment will be an ongoing dilutive event
and the CYBL share price will continually reflect the increasing
amount of stock outstanding, as more equity is issued to satisfy
the payable. Faced with the choice of not having the cash flow to
operate Cyberlux or issuing stock, we believe the best mutual
interests of both shareholders and the Company are being served by
satisfying this fixed debt with equity in order for the Company to
move forward. Ultimately, Management is concerned that value of the
stock will reach a lower limit which will have an unavoidable
effect on shareholders.
Given these circumstances, Management has reached a very
difficult decision and has concluded that the Company can no longer
afford the enormous relative expense associated with remaining on
the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) trading exchange,
including the significant expenses associated with the accounting,
audit, personnel, operations and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. To
provide our shareholders with a means for trading our stock, we
will be moving the trading of Cyberlux equity to the OTC Pink
Markets. This move alone will save the Company a significant amount
of ongoing operating expense, which we cannot afford if the Company
is to continue.
While Cyberlux Corporation is moving to the OTC Pink Markets
trading exchange, we will continue to be fully transparent with
material information and we will continue to file quarterly and
annual financial reports in full compliance with the OTC Pink
Market requirements. Going forward, our annual reports will be
unaudited, as our current quarterly reports have been, allowing the
Company to significantly reduce ongoing operating expense. We will
provide further information on our website regarding the chance in
trading exchanges so that all shareholders, including your
Management, have a thorough understanding of the transition from
the OTCBB exchange. Also, please see
http://www.otcmarkets.com/otc-pink/home for more general
information on the OTC Pink Markets.
As a stated principle, Management has an unchanging ethical
belief that markets drive share price and we will never interfere
with the performance of the Company’s stock. As the Company grows
and legacy issues are resolved over time, we will inform the market
of material events and the share price should rise accordingly. For
the foreseeable future, Cyberlux will continue to experience
dilution, but like most public companies, Management’s objective is
to become profitable with minimal dilution, so all investors
benefit from the relative growth in stock value to Company
growth.
As previously disclosed, Cyberlux secured its first significant
Department of Defense (DoD) contracts during 2010 for $4.0M in
BrightEye System revenue. For a company our size, this significant
accomplishment allowed the Company to continue to operate as well
as begin the restructuring and turnaround efforts. We expect to
continue this effort in 2011 as well.
Thank you for your continued support, and
Best Regards,
Mark D. SchmidtPresident/CEOCyberlux Corporation
About Cyberlux
Corporation
Cyberlux Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CYBL), a leader in
solid-state lighting innovation, has developed breakthrough LED
lighting technology that provides the most energy efficient and
cost effective portable lighting solutions available today for
military and commercial uses. The Military and Homeland Security
products provide tactical covert and visible lighting capability
and are designed as highly mobile, battery-powered lighting systems
ideal for threat detection, force and asset protection and general
expeditionary lighting needs. For more information, please visit
www.cyberlux.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. Actual
results could vary materially from those expected due to a variety
of risk factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s
ability to expand its production capabilities concurrent with
product orders. The Company’s business is subject to significant
risks and uncertainties discussed more thoroughly in Cyberlux
Corporation's SEC filings, including but not limited to, its report
on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
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