And here's the news; LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1999--Commercial Labor Management Inc. ("CLMI") Tuesday announced that it has entered into a plan and agreement of reorganization with Zeros & Ones Inc. ("ZOI or the Company") on May 3, 1999. Founded in 1994, Zeros & Ones is engaged in the business of providing technical consulting services to major technology developers in the areas of the Internet, digital television and electronic commerce. It has become one of the nation's leading Internet development partners. The Company also specializes in creating quality Web sites, providing direct-to-consumer retailing solutions, and formulating core technologies that other software and hardware developers can integrate into their own products. Zeros & Ones maintains top-tier affiliations with the most prominent and influential companies in the Internet industry. The Company maintains current affiliations with Netscape Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:NSCP/AOL), Microsoft Inc. (Nasdaq:MSFT), Javasoft/Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), Open Market Inc. (Nasdaq:OMKT), WebTV Networks Inc., Macromedia Corp., and NeXT Software Inc. Zeros & Ones has several wholly owned subsidiaries. One subsidiary, FineItems.COM (http://www.fineitems.com), an online executive gift site, played a key role in the introduction of Amazon.com's (Nasdaq:AMZN) new online auction market place -- Amazon.com Auctions (News Release 4/6/99, Internet News Bureau). Another division of Zeros & Ones, Studio Subzero, was formed in 1996 to design and develop original Web content such as animation, music and interactive services. The technology group focuses on the convergence of traditional media such as television and radio with communications tools such as telephony and fax. The company is positioned as a strategic inventor in the areas of e-commerce, multimedia, image compression, Web site development and digital television. The company is also in the process of building Movieshopping.com, a ground breaking e-commerce Web site designed for movie-buffs. Studio Subzero's clients include Moviefone.com, EMI Classics and many others. In early 1999, Zeros & Ones entered into a plan and agreement of reorganization with each of the following technology companies, which are scheduled to close when the plan and agreement of reorganization between CLMI and ZOI closes: Quantum Arts Inc., a California corporation; EKO Corp., a Delaware corporation; KidVision Inc., a California corporation; Wood Ranch Technology Group Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Polygonal Research Corp., a Delaware corporation. As a result of the reorganization, Zeros & Ones will own 100% of each of the companies. Commercial Labor Management Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer Edward L. Torres stated: "Zeros & Ones displays a meaningful and successful future for CLMI. Its ability to align some of the high-tech industry front-runners in the key areas that are defining the future: Advanced Media production, Image Compression, Digital TV technologies, Multimedia interfaces, Web site development, and Virtual Communities. "Zeros & Ones Inc. has successfully created the most significant unified brain trust of technology experts ever assembled." "If your customers are the most leading-edge companies in the world, you've got to become a trail-blazer, establishing strategic pathways that solve real world problems for your clients even before those problems are in front of them," stated Robert Holtz, CEO and chairman of Zeros & Ones. "Fortunately, we have a track record of successfully providing expertise and the technologies people want when they want it . . . time and time again." More information on Zeros & Ones can be found at zerosones.com. Pursuant to the plan and agreement of reorganization, the shareholders of Zeros & Ones Inc., a Delaware corporation, will receive from Commercial Labor Management Inc., a Nevada corporation ("CLMI"), 6,000,000 newly-issued shares of CLMI's common stock in exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of Zeros & Ones Inc. The 6,000,000 shares represent approximately 90% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of CLMI on a fully diluted basis. Shareholders of CLMI have agreed to surrender and return 3,800,000 outstanding shares to facilitate the transaction. Upon the completion of this merger Commercial Labor Management plans to change its name to Zeros & Ones Inc. The Company plans to make an immediate application to the Nasdaq Small Cap Market. The Company intends to continue to remain current in its reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Commercial Labor Management Inc. trades on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol CLMI. --30--jap/la* ls/la CONTACT: Commercial Labor Management Inc. Ed Torres, 323/933-0565 or Zeros & One Inc. Charlie Overton, 818/380-0256 |