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4, Issue 2 |
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November
2007 |
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NEWS FROM
THE CHAIRMAN
Volume
4, Issue 2 | November
2007 |
Dear Shareholders,
I know that you have been eager to obtain updated information about
the company’s activities. I am pleased to report that due to an
enormous amount of hard work and dedication our progress is substantial.
A number of important agreements have been signed, strategic partnerships
made, and a new production, engineering lab facility has been opened.
Our engineering staff has been expanded under the leadership of our
CTO Tamio Saito, who also serves as the Company’s Senior Executive
Vice President. New corporate divisions are being created for which
experienced senior management positions are being recruited, all of
which we believe will be help the Company achieve its goal of becoming
the leader in its field.
We are currently working to finalize the long-term financing necessary
to realize our goal of establishing a global ID and payment transaction
network and we are working to roll out and implement our newest technology
in Korea by end of this year and in the first part of the New Year.
We also are working to expedite the manufacturing, installation and
implementation of our contracts in Korea, while our great team of engineers,
lead by our CTO Tamio Saito, continues inventing, developing and patenting
new, more advanced, cutting edge technologies.
At the same time, we are currently taking the steps necessary to move
from the Pink Sheets to the Bulletin Board and then prepare the Company
to list on the NASDAQ.
And, as you also are aware, the United States Patent Office has granted
e-Smart the patent for its “Secure Biometric Verification of Identity”
#7,278,025 relating to the Super Smart Card™ with an “on-board
sensor” and “on-board processor.” This is an important
development and milestone for e-Smart, as the Company now has the highest
level of protection from infringement and misappropriation of this unique
technology. Much credit is due to our talented and dedicated team of
engineers, who have never wavered from their commitment to creating
this advanced, cutting edge technology. As many of you are aware from
the company profiles listed on the website, Tamio Saito, our Chief Technical
Officer, invented the first IC (Smart) card more than 30 years ago,
and patented the first smart card with a biometric years before others
in 1983. With the support of our loyal shareholders, he and his team
of engineers has and continues to move the biometric card technology
generations ahead today.
We can now implement the Company’s contracts and manufacturing
of our state of the art technologies with patent protection and, more
importantly, begin to generate the revenue we believe to be commensurate
with the safety and security the Company’s advanced technology
offers.
In this regard, in order to rapidly deploy our system worldwide, it
was necessary to expand our research and development operations and
to open a new Production & Engineering Center and Research and Development
lab in South Korea, with an increased engineering staff. The new center
will enable the Company to have an Asia-based Manufacturing, Delivery
and Quality Control Division, along with a Network Division staffed
by a team of network and processing engineers on-site. Our network engineers
will be setting up the infrastructure and overseeing and implementing
the Company’s ID and transaction network in Korea and later around
the world.
Along with the new divisions in South Korea, the Company also intends
to make significant changes in its U.S. operations, creating specialized
divisions to better utilize the Company’s resources, necessary
to meet the demands of a very busy worldwide manufacturing, delivery
and implementation process. To tackle this ambitious schedule we are
in the process of creating four new divisions: Executive Management
Division, Network Division, Research and Development Division and a
Manufacturing, Delivery and Quality Control Division, for which we are
currently searching to recruit top management candidates. Announcements
will be made and posted on the website when these executive positions
are filled.
We are scheduling a shareholders meeting before the end of the year
in order to inform you of all that has and is taking place with the
Company. Shareholders will be notified of the date as soon as it is
finalized. Because of the holidays, knowing it would be difficult for
everyone to attend, the meeting will be telephonic so that shareholders
who wish can participate. I look forward to presenting much to you at
this meeting as we close out the year. For 2008 we are planning a shareholders
meeting in April or May, at Mt. Vernon, the home of our first president,
and I look forward to meeting all who make up our wonderful e-Smart
Family.
It is an exciting time for all of us at e-Smart who are working to bring
this extraordinary technology to the world and I know that all of you
take pride in being part of what we believe will be a world-changing
technology. This is a competitive business, where smaller companies
are often unable to compete with the corporate giants. But thanks to
you, our shareholders, we believe we will exceed our own expectations.
Thank you for your continued belief and support. Our foremost goal is
to produce financial rewards for you all and to realize our vision -
to create a safer and more secure world, and as a result, hopefully
a more peaceful world for all.
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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