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Gold/Mining/Energy : Optimark Data Systems Inc. @ Johns Hopkins Hospital -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ken Jelinek who wrote (426)	5/7/1999 2:28:00 PM
From: Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436

Here's yesterdays NATD announcement in which Optimark is mentioned. biz.yahoo.com Thursday May 6, 4:24 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release American Enterprise Solutions Inc. Makes Announcement TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999--American Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (AESI) has signed an agreement to purchase 770,000 shares of National Diagnostics Inc. (OTC EBB:NATD). This purchase represented all the stock of the largest privately held shareholder group. AESI also announced that it has reached an agreement to immediately purchase over ten million shares of Optimark Data Systems Inc. (OTC EBB:OPMK) (VSE:ODS - news). These purchases represent several large privately held shareholder blocks of stock. Further, AESI has acquired Trinity Diagnostics Inc., a Tampa, Fla. fixed diagnostic center and Healthy Services of Jacksonville, Fla., a mobile osteoporosis scanning service firm. Both firms complement NATD services and will become part of NATD in its expanding role of delivering premiere diagnostic services. Chuck Broes, CEO of AESI, will host a conference call for shareholders, brokers and others this coming Monday, May 10 at 5 p.m. EDT. Call 800/260-0718 at that time to participate. Broes stated that they are positioning NATD to become a major provider of digital diagnostic services that will be able to be linked to all of its clients worldwide over AESI's Community Health Information Utility called ''CyberCareNet.Com.'' NATD's developing virtual private network (Internet/Intranet) will allow it to provide top quality competitive e-commerce services globally. Broes went on to say that the purchase of large blocks of ODS stock is in keeping with its commitment to acquire all of ODS. The remaining shareholders will still receive AESI's tender offer to acquire their shares after AESI becomes public. AESI has been providing ODS with technology and other resources including the integration of Decision Support Systems' clinical pathways. This will allow the combined prestigious teaching institutions, hospitals and other clients to be ready for e-commerce on ODS' developing virtual private network (Internet/Intranet) and will allow it to provide top quality competitive e-commerce services globally. About American Enterprise Solutions Headquartered in Tampa, American Enterprise Solutions Inc. is a private company with pro forma 1999 run rate revenues of $60 million with the following mission: To create single source, reproducible healthcare enterprises, ''Health Centers of Excellence®'' with ''best of breed providers'' that demonstrate quality care at the appropriate cost, and to create reproducible community health information tilities, ''CyberCareNet.Com®'' that will electronically link all healthcare-trading partners together and provide e-commerce, e-content, e-communication and e-data mining. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, government-approved processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties detailed in the company's filings with the ecurities and Exchange Commission. Contact: American Enterprise Solutions, Inc., Tampa Chuck Broes, 813/882-6567 X 125