Electronic Game Card Engages G.C. Andersen Partners as Strategic and Financial Advisor
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Posted on March 19, 2010 at 1:49:01 PM
Electronic Game Card Engages G.C. Andersen Partners as Strategic and Financial Advisor
IRVINE, Calif. and LONDON, March 19 -- Electronic Game Card, Inc. ("EGC") (EGMI.PK) announced today that it has engaged G.C. Andersen Partners, LLC ("Andersen Partners") to serve as its strategic and financial advisor. Andersen Partners is a merchant banking and financial advisory firm.
Due to EGC's current state of affairs, one of Andersen Partners' first initiatives will be to raise working capital funds to enable the Company to engage legal, accounting and other service providers to review the historical operating and financial performance of EGC and its subsidiaries.
Commenting on the appointment of Andersen Partners, Kevin Donovan, CEO and Interim Joint Chairman of Electronic Game Card, Inc., said, "Having the support of an experienced advisor such as G.C. Andersen Partners will allow us to review our operations and identify the most advantageous options for the Company and its shareholders going forward."
Kevin Donovan
Chief Executive Officer
Electronic Game Card, Inc.
(866) 924-2924
investor.relations@electronicgamecard.com
About Electronic Game Card, Inc.
Electronic Game Card, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: EGMI) , develops, produces and markets innovative games to the casinos and lottery, toys and games, education, and promotional industry worldwide. The Company's lead product is the EGC Electronic GameCard(TM), a unique credit card-sized pocket game combining patent and patent-pending proprietary technology of interactive capability with "instant win" excitement. The "EGC Electronic GameCard(TM)" can be programmed to suit a variety of gaming and promotion applications.
EGMI's client base is across the $100 billion global market of, sales promotion, gaming and casinos, Indian gaming and state and national lotteries markets. EGMI develops sales and marketing relationships with agents and distributors globally and currently has agents and distributors in North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, South Africa Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
For further information please visit http://www.electronicgamecard.com
This news release contains disclosures that are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as "continue," "efforts," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "strategy," "will," "goal," "target," "prospects," "potential," "optimistic," "confident," "likely," "probable" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations or beliefs and include, but are not limited to, statements about maximizing gross profit dollars, the Company's potential to achieve top and bottom line growth. Statements of historical fact also may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. We caution that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, among others: the company's ability to meet its obligations under existing and anticipated contractual obligations; the company's ability to develop, market, sell and distribute desirable applications, products and services and to protect its intellectual property; the ability and willingness of third-party manufacturers to timely and cost-effectively fulfill orders from the company; the ability of the company's customers to pay and the timeliness of such payments, particularly during recessionary periods; the company' ability to obtain financing as and when needed; changes in consumer demands and preferences; the company's ability to attract and retain management and employees with appropriate skills and expertise; the impact of changes in market, legal and regulatory conditions and in the applicable business environment, including actions of competitors; and other factors as may be discussed in the documents filed by the company with regulatory authorities, including without limitation, EGC's annual report on Form 10-K for December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other filings that identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Source: Electronic Game Card, Inc.
CONTACT: Kevin Donovan, Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Game Card,
Inc., +1-866-924-2924, investor.relations@electronicgamecard.com
Web Site: http://www.electronicgamecard.com/
IRVINE, Calif. and LONDON, March 19 -- Electronic Game Card, Inc. ("EGC") (EGMI.PK) announced today that it has engaged G.C. Andersen Partners, LLC ("Andersen Partners") to serve as its strategic and financial advisor. Andersen Partners is a merchant banking and financial advisory firm.
Due to EGC's current state of affairs, one of Andersen Partners' first initiatives will be to raise working capital funds to enable the Company to engage legal, accounting and other service providers to review the historical operating and financial performance of EGC and its subsidiaries.
Commenting on the appointment of Andersen Partners, Kevin Donovan, CEO and Interim Joint Chairman of Electronic Game Card, Inc., said, "Having the support of an experienced advisor such as G.C. Andersen Partners will allow us to review our operations and identify the most advantageous options for the Company and its shareholders going forward."
Kevin Donovan
Chief Executive Officer
Electronic Game Card, Inc.
(866) 924-2924
investor.relations@electronicgamecard.com
About Electronic Game Card, Inc.
Electronic Game Card, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: EGMI) , develops, produces and markets innovative games to the casinos and lottery, toys and games, education, and promotional industry worldwide. The Company's lead product is the EGC Electronic GameCard(TM), a unique credit card-sized pocket game combining patent and patent-pending proprietary technology of interactive capability with "instant win" excitement. The "EGC Electronic GameCard(TM)" can be programmed to suit a variety of gaming and promotion applications.
EGMI's client base is across the $100 billion global market of, sales promotion, gaming and casinos, Indian gaming and state and national lotteries markets. EGMI develops sales and marketing relationships with agents and distributors globally and currently has agents and distributors in North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, South Africa Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
For further information please visit http://www.electronicgamecard.com
This news release contains disclosures that are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as "continue," "efforts," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "strategy," "will," "goal," "target," "prospects," "potential," "optimistic," "confident," "likely," "probable" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations or beliefs and include, but are not limited to, statements about maximizing gross profit dollars, the Company's potential to achieve top and bottom line growth. Statements of historical fact also may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. We caution that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, among others: the company's ability to meet its obligations under existing and anticipated contractual obligations; the company's ability to develop, market, sell and distribute desirable applications, products and services and to protect its intellectual property; the ability and willingness of third-party manufacturers to timely and cost-effectively fulfill orders from the company; the ability of the company's customers to pay and the timeliness of such payments, particularly during recessionary periods; the company' ability to obtain financing as and when needed; changes in consumer demands and preferences; the company's ability to attract and retain management and employees with appropriate skills and expertise; the impact of changes in market, legal and regulatory conditions and in the applicable business environment, including actions of competitors; and other factors as may be discussed in the documents filed by the company with regulatory authorities, including without limitation, EGC's annual report on Form 10-K for December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other filings that identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Source: Electronic Game Card, Inc.
CONTACT: Kevin Donovan, Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Game Card,
Inc., +1-866-924-2924, investor.relations@electronicgamecard.com
Web Site: http://www.electronicgamecard.com/