Sources of Opportunities From 10-12G SEC Filing on 11/17/99:
The Company does not currently have any material commitments for capital expenditures other than a line of credit restricted for expansion and future growth. The Company anticipates, however, that it will experience a substantial increase in capital expenditures and lease commitments consistent with its anticipated growth in operations and infrastructure, including various capital expenditures associated with the expansion of operations into foreign markets. The Entertainment Internet, Inc. anticipates that it will continue to experience significant growth in its operating expenses for the foreseeable future and that these expenses will be a material use of cash resources. The Company believes that its existing cash will not be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for the coming months.
The Company derives revenue in two ways: Through its Castnet.com(TM) web-sites, the company charges actors an annual fee for inclusion of photographs, resumes, and other career-related material on its Internet-based service; the company also derives revenue from advertisements placed on the Castnet.com(TM) web-site. The company is currently evaluating plans to isolate several services offered, such as print communications routing and computer technical support, and to transform them into profit centers for the company.
The successful execution of the Company's initial interactive system, Castnet.com,(TM) brought the Company a strong cash flow system which charges an all-inclusive annual fee for participation in EINI's proprietary database. The Castnet.com(TM) product is currently being used by casting directors and talent agents in Hollywood to submit actors and actresses for a wide variety of roles in movies and television. The Castnet.com(TM) service is set up so that it may be tailored for the actor/actress, through inclusion of a variety of elements including, but not limited to, audio tracks and video segments. The Company feels its real-time submission and review services represent the future of casting and believes the results of its actions are rapidly being felt in the industry.
The Castnet.com(TM) system allows aspiring actors, actors, agents and casting directors to communicate with each other on a confidential basis on a moment's notice. An enormously important part of the Castnet.com(TM) environment is the efficient facilitation of unrecognized talent.
Further, the Company has established industry recognition by acting as the Actor's Advocate. Two industry unions have praised the Company for its efforts in expanding the visibility of the personnel portion of the industry. The Castnet.com(TM) system has further refinements and offerings planned, including, but not limited to, integrated Castnet.com(TM) sites and services for managers, producers, production crew, location scouts, property owners, and voice talent. By expanding services to all strata of the industry, the Company feels it will impact the industry in ways which will greatly expand revenues. The Company feels that the design, depth and sophistication of its products provides it with the ability to expand into all areas of the entertainment industry.
In addition to this market penetration, the Company will seek a potential business opportunity from all known sources, but will rely principally on personal contacts of its officers and directors as well as indirect associations between them and other business and professional people. It is not presently anticipated that the Company will engage professional firms specializing in business acquisitions or reorganizations. Management, while not especially experienced in matters relating to the new business of the Company, will rely upon their own efforts and, to a much lesser extent, the efforts of the Company's shareholders, in accomplishing the business purposes of the Company. It is not anticipated that any outside consultants or advisors, other than the Company's legal counsel and accountants, will be utilized by the Company to effectuate its business purposes described herein. However, if the Company does retain such an outside consultant or advisor, any cash fee earned by such party will need to be paid by the prospective merger/acquisition candidate, as the Company has no cash assets with which to pay such obligation. There have been no discussions, understandings, contract or agreements with any outside consultants and none are anticipated in the future. In the past, the Company's management has never used outside consultants or advisors in connection with a merger or acquisition.
As is customary in the industry, the Company may pay a finder's fee for locating an acquisition prospect. If any such fee is paid, it will be approved by the Company's Board of Directors and will be in accordance with the industry standards. Such fees are customarily between 1% and 5% of the size of the transaction, based upon a sliding scale of the amount involved. Such fees are typically in the range of 5% on a $1,000,000 transaction ratably down to 1% in a $4,000,000 or more transaction. Management has adopted a policy that such a finder's fee or real estate brokerage fee could, in certain circumstances, be paid to any employee, officer, director or 5% shareholder of the Company, if such person plays a material role in bringing a transaction to the Company.
The Company will not have sufficient funds to undertake any significant development, marketing, and manufacturing of any product which may be acquired. Accordingly, if it acquires the rights to a product, rather than entering into a merger or acquisition, it most likely would need to seek debt or equity financing or obtain funding from third parties, in exchange for which the Company would probably be required to give up a substantial portion of its interest in any acquired product. There is no assurance that the Company will be able either to obtain additional financing or to interest third parties in providing funding for the further development, marketing and manufacturing of any products acquired. |