United Leisure Corporation Announces $25,000,000 Private Placement 29 Jul 2002, 08:06am ET
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002--United Leisure Corporation (OTCBB:UTDL), a developer and marketer of interactive control technologies through its wholly owned subsidiary, United Internet Technologies (UIT), today announced that it had executed an agreement under which United Leisure would sell in a negotiated private placement, a control block of its common stock for $25,000,000 cash or $.50 per share to Dr. Andreas Ohle, a German investor. The consummation of the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including the increase of United Leisure's authorized common stock to 100,000,000 shares by the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and then the mailing of an information statement to its stockholders. The amendment to the company's certificate of incorporation to increase its authorized common stock to enable the transaction to take place has been approved by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock as required by Delaware Law. Under the agreement, the purchase price is to be placed on deposit with the company on or before August 27, 2002. The closing of the private placement will occur as soon as the company is able to comply with the applicable securities laws. Brian Shuster, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Leisure, stated, "The large private placement has been under discussions for several months." Mr. Shuster went on to say that all of the companies' stockholders would benefit from the transaction because it would place United Leisure on a new level to carry out the continued development and exploitation of the technologies and products developed by UIT and also provide the ability to expand other technology development activities. Dr. Andreas Ohle, the new investor from Hamburg-Germany commented, "I am very excited about the company's technologies and the marketing possibilities around the world. We believe in the many global applications of United Internet Technologies, Inc. With our cash infusion, we will help take these products to the market in a much more aggressive fashion."
About United Leisure Corporation
United Leisure Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary United Internet Technologies (UIT), is engaged in the business of developing and marketing technologies that allow a wide range of electronic devices, such as toys, medical devices, networked appliances and consumer electronics, to communicate and be controlled over the Internet and over other digital systems, such as cable, television and wireless networks. The Company has developed several proprietary technologies including, Intelligent Control Interactive Technology (I-C-IT(TM)). These technologies enable businesses to transition their traditional product lines into the interactive world. United Leisure's goal is to create solutions for specific business sectors by customizing the I-C-IT platform, allowing it to be embedded in a wide range of electronic products. These intelligent, network controlled "smart devices" allow businesses and content producers to form a direct link between consumers, adding a dynamic aspect to the consumer relationship and creating the potential for incremental subscriptions, e-commerce, upgrade and advertising revenue. I-C-IT is marketed under the slogan "the smart in smart devices"(TM).
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the Company's business strategy and future plans of operations that are subject to risk and uncertainties both general and specific to the matters discussed in this news release including the Company's ability to successfully establish strategic partnerships and to license its animatronic devices control technologies to third party manufacturers, the Company's ability to fulfil the remaining requirements of its patent application with the USTPO to receive issuance of a patent grant, the Company's ability to deliver its technologies in a timely, efficient and profitable manner, and the threat of competition from other technologies which may adversely affect the Company's ability to generate significant revenues from its core technology business. These and other important factors, including those mentioned in various Securities and Exchange Commission filings made periodically by the Company, may cause the Company's actual results and performance to differ materially from the future results and performance expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in the news release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the Company's expectations of future events.
CONTACT: United Leisure Corporation Brian Shuster, 310/441-0900
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA GERMANY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS E-COMMERCE SOURCE: United Leisure Corporation |