To: Jim Bishop who wrote (39998 ) 3/29/2000 3:08:00 PM From: RICE Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 150070
USHO - this ones going back to 40 cents. Read PR Star Multi Care Services Announces Acquisition of US Home Care Pennsylvania Operations HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Star Multi Care Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCS). Star Multi Care Services, Inc. announced today that the company has entered into a contract with US Home Care to acquire its Pennsylvania operations. Star will be acquiring operations in Philadelphia, Lancaster, and Pittsburgh with annual sales of approximately $4.5 million, which will complement Star's existing operations in Allentown. This purchase represents Star's first acquisition in almost three years and will immediately be accretive to earnings for the company. It is anticipated that the sale will be completed on or about May 1, 2000. Stephen Sternbach, Chief Executive Officer stated: "This acquisition places Star in Pennsylvania's major markets and will provide Star with a dominant home care presence in Pennsylvania, thus continuing the company's expansion in the Northeast. We plan to introduce our very successful Pediatric Program that we currently have in Pennsylvania into these new markets. This acquisition represents continued positive momentum for the company's demonstrated turnaround." STAR MULTI CARE SERVICES is a primary provider of proprietary, long term care and high-tech home health care services and staffing to hospitals and other medical facilities throughout the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and southeastern Florida. The company is headquartered in Huntington Station, New York. This announcement contains "forward-looking statements". words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" and other similar expressions as they relate to the Company and its management are intended to identify such forward looking statements. Although the Company and its management believe that the statements contained in this announcement are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such statements will prove correct. Factors that could affect the occurrence of events or results discussed herein are included with those mentioned in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Star Multi Care Services, Inc. CONTACT: Stephen Sternbach of Star Multi Care Services, Inc., 516-423-6689