To: dkgross who wrote (3262 ) 5/29/2001 3:31:26 PM From: nolimitz Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3312 TEXN Announces That Late Filing Trading Symbol ``TEXNE'' Will be Removed Effective Wednesday, May 30, 2001 FORT WORTH, Texas, May 29, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 21st Century Technologies Inc. (OTC BB: TEXNE) today announced that the late filing symbol "E" will be removed effective Wednesday, May 30, 2001. The late filing symbol was affixed by NASD as the result of the company's late filing of its most recent Form 10Q-SB. The removal of the late filing symbol was confirmed with NASDAQ, and this information is posted on various regulatory Web sites. Ken Wilson, chairman, stated: "The late filing with the SEC will never happen again. It was due to the extra time it took for us to reconstruct records from our Baton Rouge, La. office. These records were missing when we took over the office from our former director and president of Trident Technologies Inc. All of our accounting is centralized at our headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, and everyone put in overtime to get the job done. Our telephone is ringing off the hook from shareholders who want to know how this happened and to let us know how disappointed they are in management. As chairman I accept the blame. We reacted as quickly as we could to the missing records situation in Baton Rouge, La. and reconstructed everything required for the recent Form 10Q-SB. Unfortunately, we were one day late. This will never happen again. We have a great company and future ahead of us. I trust that this late filing will be viewed in context of the special circumstances surrounding the Baton Rouge, La. situation." Financial statements in this news release other than historical facts are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company intends that such statements about its future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other forward-looking statements (i.e. future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time. The company's actual results could differ materially from expected results.