(COMTEX) B: HOUSEHOLD DIRECT.COM, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT AND PLAN O B: HOUSEHOLD DIRECT.COM, INC. ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER NEW YORK, Mar 10, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BYITE) announced today that it has executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Cross Check Corp., a Colorado corporation will be merged with and into HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. (http://www.householddirect.com) will be the surviving corporation in such merger and will succeed, as successor issuer, to the existing registration of Cross Check Corp. under the Securities and Exchange Act of l934. The merger will be consummated within the next 10 days and within 15 days thereafter a Form 8K describing the transaction and HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Nasdaq. John Folger, the President of HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. stated that "The merger will permit HouseHold Direct.com, Inc. to satisfy its registration and reporting requirements under the Exchange Act; achieve compliance under the eligibility rules governing the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board; and actively pursue its acquisition program." Additional information on HouseHold Direct.com, including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) can be obtained at 1stnettech.com or by sending an email to: smartstockadvisor@yahoo.com . Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product price volatility, product demand, market competition, risk inherent in the company's domestic and international operations, imprecision in estimating product reserves and the company's ability to replace and expand its holdings. CONTACT: Investor Relations -- SmartStockAdvisor.com Toll Free: 877-643-8821, E-mail: smartstockadvisor@yahoo.com Web Site: 1stnettech.com SOURCE HouseHold Direct.com (C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Patrick Brink of LaBreche Murray, Media Relations, 612-392-7612, or pbrink@labrechemurray.com; or Geoffrey Eiten of OTC Financial Network, Investor Relations, 781-449-8696, ext. 13, or geiten@otcfn.com, both for HouseHold Direct.com WEB PAGE: householddirect.com |