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3, Issue 2 |
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July
2006 |
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NEWS FROM
THE CHAIRMAN
Volume
3, Issue 2 | July
2006 |
Dear Shareholders,
As most of you already are aware from several public announcements made
in the last few weeks, a number of important changes have taken place
within the Company and I’m pleased to have the opportunity to
provide a more detailed report of our efforts on your behalf.
First, in order to bring to the Company the experience and expertise
necessary for e-Smart Technologies to move forward and achieve its goals,
Charlie R. Black, Jr., one of the nation’s leading public affairs
professionals and long-time political strategist, and Gary S. Messina,
a specialist in IT Infrastructure, e-Commerce and emerging technologies
with more than two-decades of design, development and deployment of
technology strategies and policies with the Department of Justice Immigration
and Naturalization Service and the Department of Homeland Security,
were appointed to the Board and will serve for one year. Messrs Black
and Messina will join the new Board for 2006-2007, which will also include
Board members; Elliott H. Cole, Thomas J. Volpe and myself.
Furthermore, on June 1, 2006, a Definitive Information Statement (DEF
14C) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, alerting
shareholders of an increase in the number of shares of our Common Stock,
$.001 par value per share, from 200,000,000 to 500,000,000, which became
effective in mid-July. This action was taken as the first step in the
Company’s reorganization and recapitalization plan, which was
previously detailed and reported, but was not made effective at that
time, as a result of the capital liquidity opportunity about which we
advised. We are working on finalizing an alternative to the first plan,
for the benefit of the Company and shareholders and in preparation for
filing an application to list the Company the American Stock Exchange.
We will be providing you with additional information regarding all of
the above in the near future.
While much time has been devoted to bringing the liquidity opportunity
to fruition, the e-Smart management team around the world continues
to make industry leaders and government representatives aware of the
enormous advantages of the Biometric Verification Security System™
and the Super Smart Card™ and Super Smart Passport™. In
October of 2005 I delivered the keynote address at the Annual Meeting
of the Central Station Alarm Association in Oahu, Hawaii and in November
I also was a featured speaker at the 4th International Interoperability
Testing Workshop and Conference on E-Passports (InterFest) in Singapore.
I was pleased to have the opportunity in November of last year to demonstrate
the unique applications of e-Smart’s technology as a featured
speaker at the “Children in Slavery” – The 21st “Century”
Summit at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. And, in early May
of this year, I delivered a keynote address at the 4th Middle East &
Africa Card Technology Exhibition and Conference in Cairo, Egypt. It
was an enormously successful conference and exhibition and there is
great interest in e-Smart’s advanced biometric technologies throughout
Africa and the Middle East.
Additionally, e-Smart has been well represented in Asia with Mr. Richard
Kim, the Company’s Managing Director of e-Smart Korea, speaking
at the 6th Annual CardTech Korea Conference in early July and e-Smart’s
Chief Representative in Singapore, Bobby Pang, was a featured speaker
at the 11th Annual Asian Casinos Executive Summit (ACE) on July 24th.
Detailed information about each of these conferences can be found on
the Company’s new website www.e-smart.com. Also, a special e-mail
has been set up for all of you, our dear and loyal shareholders, which
is shareholderrelations@e-smart.com
I look forward to providing you with more information about all of the
above and new developments in the near future and in the meantime will
continue to work hard on your behalf for the success of our Company.
Safe Harbor Statement: Statements
in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results or projections,
events or performance and are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. While these statements
are made to convey to the public the Company’s progress, business
opportunities and growth prospects, readers are cautioned that such forward-looking
statements represent the management’s opinion. While management believes
such representations to be true and accurate based on information available
to the Company, at this time, actual results may differ materially from
those described.
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