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AVBC News RELEASE..... (BSNS WIRE) Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation Announces Agreement to Mer
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation Announces Agreement to Merge with Aqua Vie
Advance Corporation
Business Editors
KETCHUM, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1997--Aqua Vie
Beverage Corporation (OTC: AVBC), announced today that Aqua Vie
Beverage Corporation (AVBC), and Aqua Vie Advance Corporation (AVA),
have reached an agreement in principle, whereby AVBC proposes to
merge with AVA.
AVA is a company that was formed by Tom Gillespie, founder of
AVBC, to purchase all of the assets of AVBC from the bankruptcy
court to include among other things and without limitation, all
assets, tangible and intangible, all non-litigation and non-shell
assets, any net operating tax loss, any and all litigation claims
owned or claimed to be owned by the estate, and the AVBC corporate
shell. The purchase of the assets from the bankruptcy court was
concluded, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances on
September 27, 1997. Under the proposed terms of the merger, AVA will now become a
wholly owned subsidiary of AVBC. The acquisition is still subject to
completion of definitive documentation, and legal and financial due
diligence, but is expected to be completed within approximately 45
days.
Gillespie, founder of Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation said
that, "This merger makes solid business sense. A great deal of
effort will be taken to structure the merger in a way that could
potentially maximize the preservation of all of the AVBC assets,
including the approximate $14 million tax loss carry-forward, as
well as avoid the need for a reverse split of the AVBC stock. After
almost three years in court, this final phase of planning should
provide a solid foundation for the introduction of AVBC's four product
lines of all natural, low calorie functional beverages."
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation developed and test marketed four
lines of functional beverages, including the new, all natural
Hydrator(TM) beverage line, the "E line"(TM) of nutritionally
fortified spring waters; Elixir(TM), Empower(TM), and Ecstasy(TM), a
line of nutritionally specific spring water nutraceuticals, and
three non-alcoholic wine beverages made from spring water.
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