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> - bell2bell.com > > May 16, 2000 > Market is up, our profiled stock is up, and they released this great news > for shareholders. > > > > May 16, 2000 09:05 > > Creative Host Services, Inc. Announces Warrant Dividend to Shareholders Of > Record on the First Monday of the Next Two Quarters > PR Newswire - > > SAN DIEGO, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Host Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: > CHST) today announced that it will pay its shareholders a 2 1/2% warrant > dividend on the first Monday of its next two reporting periods. All > shareholders of record on Monday, July 3, as well as on Monday, October 2, > 2000, will receive one warrant for each 40 shares that they own on each > date. The exercise price will equal 110% of the closing transaction price, > or last trade, in the open Nasdaq market on those two days, and the > exercise period will be three years from the date of issuance. Creative > Host Services stock will go ex-dividend on Tuesday, June 27 for the July > warrant and Tuesday, September 26 for the October dividend. > > Creative Host Services, Inc. has experienced dramatic appreciation in the > value of its underlying share price since November of 1999. The Company is > currently in significantly better financial position than at the time of > the initial public offering on July 22, 1997. Since that time, Creative > Host has grown from 16 airport concessions to approximately 70 separate > operating locations overall (this includes the separation of individual > concepts located within the Company's six food courts). The Company > currently maintains a strong cash balance and is actively pursuing > acquisitions in the "captive audience" food service and news and gift > arena. > > Sayed Ali commented, "We wanted to find a method of rewarding our > shareholders for their loyalty without effecting the Company's bottom > line. We hope to continue our expansion and perform with our Company, > thereby creating value for the warrant holders if our stock continues to > perform." > > Creative Host Services, Inc. is engaged in the business of acquiring, > managing and operating airport concessions such as food and beverage, news > and gift, and other concessions throughout the United States. In addition, > the Company also provides in-flight catering to certain national airlines > at 9 of its airport locations. The Company currently has 43 operating > facilities at 21 airports. Forty-two are company owned and one is > franchised. Six of the Company's 42 operating concessions are food-courts, > each consisting of several food and beverage restaurants that are located > within each court. If the various food courts were separated and counted > as individual concessions, Creative Host operates approximately 70 > concessions overall. To simplify accounting, the Company counts its > various food-courts as only one concession. Creative Host Services, Inc. > enjoys co-branding relationships with several national and regional > companies such as Carl's Jr., Taco Bell, Little Caesars Pizza, TCBY > Yogurt, Mrs. Field's Cookies, Nathan's Famous Hotdogs, and Pretzelmaker. > > Certain of the matters discussed herein contain forward-looking statements > that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause > actual results to differ materially from expectations. The exercise price > of the aforementioned warrants will be issued at an exercise price that is > above the closing price of the then current market price. There is no > assurance that the shareholders will earn any profit from the ownership of > the warrants. The warrants and the shares issuable upon the exercise of > the warrants will not be freely tradable. These and other risks are set > forth in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
> Commission, that are available to the public at the SEC site, > www.freeedgar.com. > > SOURCE Creative Host Services, Inc. > > /CONTACT: Sayed Ali, President/Chairman of the Board of Creative Host > Services, Inc., 858-587-7300; or David Olson, President of Summit > Financial > Relations, 720-489-8873, for Creative Host Services, Inc./ > > > > > > Complete Profile Here- > pennypicks.com > > > Happy Investing > > > > > > > Disclaimer and SEC Compliance - This material is being provided by Value > Plus Marketing, an electronic broadcaster and publisher of the web site > Pennypicks.com, here after referred to as "the company". The company > recieved a compensation fee of two thousand one hundred and forty two > shares of CHST from a third party. Because the company is receiving > compensation for its services, there is an inherent conflict of interest > in the company statements and opinions and such statements and opinions > cannot be considered independent. The information contained in this > publication is for informational purposes only, and not to be construed as > an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The > company makes no representation or warranty relating to the validity of > the facts presented nor does the company represent or warrant that all > material facts necessary to make an investment decision are presented > above. All statements of opinions are those of the company. The company > relies exclusively on information gathered from the client, or public > filings on featured client. Rather, investors should use the information > contained in this publication as a starting point for conducting > additional research on the featured companies in order to allow the > investor to form his or her own opinion regarding the featured companies. > Factual statements contained in this publication are made as of the date > stated and they are subject to change without notice. The company is not a > registered investment adviser, broker or a dealer. Investment in the > clients reviewed is speculative and a high-risk and may result in the loss > of some or all of any investment made in the client. Actual projections in > future financial results have been provided solely by the client. No > assurances are given that the client will achieve said projections. This > publication contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risk > and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially fro m > those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking > statements represent the judgment of either the company and/or the client > as of the date of this publication. The Company disclaims any intent or > obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any statements that > express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, > beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or future > events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be > "forward looking statements." > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to Bell2Bell-unsubscribe@listbot.com |