LocatePLUS CEO Issues Performance Update to Shareholders
26 Setembro 2005 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LocatePLUS
Holdings Corp. (OTC:LPLHAOTC:LPLHBOTC:LPLHW) (BULLETIN BOARD:
LPLHA, LPLHB, LPLHW) , an industry-leading provider of
business-to-business and business-to-government investigative
solutions, issued today the following performance update to its
shareholders: Dear Fellow Shareholders: In the first half of 2005,
we achieved exceptional revenue growth, up more than 100%
year-over-year for the three- and six-month period ended June 30,
posted two consecutive quarters of being EBITDA positive,
strengthened our balance sheet and created a solid capital
foundation. Additionally, we have taken the initial steps,
including a proposed simplification of our capital structure, to
prepare us to move to a national stock exchange in the near future.
I am pleased to highlight the following additional accomplishments
from our subsidiaries year-to-date: Metrigenics Inc. continues to
move toward commercializing "disruptive" biometric technologies
that could potentially enhance the speed and efficiencies of law
enforcement investigations. Metrigenics is nearing completion of a
product that can create facial feature characteristics of criminals
based on trace DNA evidence. The evolution of this subsidiary
continues to offer an exciting opportunity for LocatePLUS and our
shareholders to participate in the explosive global biometric
industry. We anticipate the subsidiary's first product to launch
over the next 12 months. Dataphant is leveraging industry-first
non-published telephone data sets into new product lines for law
enforcement. We anticipate expanding our data collections as well
as we would like to announce the launch of Identishield, its newest
product. Identishield is a proprietary product to assist law
enforcement in their investigations. Certifion Corporation, d.b.a.
Entersect, was selected by Michigan State University's Identity
Theft Crime and Research Lab to integrate Entersect Police Online
as a training tool for its law enforcement curricula. Additionally,
Certifion has applied for authorization to sell to U.S. federal
government agencies under the General Services Administration (GSA)
schedule, which would open the market to sell to larger
organizations and capture contracts among a broad range of U.S.
federal agencies. To support this aggressive growth, Entersect
appointed two U.S. military veterans to its government sales force.
Worldwide Information is deploying an Intranet platform that
expands its CD-ROM business into customized solutions for state
departments, including a recent contract with New Hampshire's
Department of Motor Vehicles. LocatePLUS(TM) took the lead on a
state-funded pilot project with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
to help track down roughly 4,700 sex offenders by accessing our
investigative database. Other state departments across the nation
have expressed an interest in implementing a similar program. The
subsidiary also launched the Common Residence Finder as a pay-per-
click option to our exclusive law enforcement platform
LPPolice.com. On the wireless front, we joined Research in Motion's
BlackBerry(R) ISV Alliance Program to remain at the forefront of
wireless communications in the field. Our channel partnership
pipeline remains strong, with a recent customer win with
MyPublicInfo. MyPublicInfo empowers consumers to perform their own
background checks and helps detect and prevent identity theft with
state-of- the-art, easily accessible online tools and information.
Our subsidiaries have created a vertically integrated company that
exceedingly contributes to record-breaking revenues in profitable
business segments. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, we
reported revenues of $5,659,780, an increase of 119% compared to
revenues of $2,586,197 for the first six months of 2004. Our online
customer base now exceeds 20,000 active members, driving online
revenues up 64% to $3,056,640 for the first six months of 2005
compared to $1,860,777 for the same period one year ago. Channel
partnership revenues, our highest margin business, posted the most
growth, with revenues of $1,858,602 for the first six months of
2005, up 394% from $376,198 in the first six months of 2004. As our
revenues continue to grow, we expect to continue our quarterly
growth trend of being EBITDA positive and targeting bottom-line
profitability. As our business continues on an accelerated path of
growth, we look forward to updating you in the near future with
those developments that can positively impact shareholder value. As
always, we thank you for your interest and support in LocatePLUS.
Sincerely, Jon Latorella LocatePLUS CEO About LocatePLUS
LocatePLUS, and its subsidiaries, are industry-leading providers of
public information and investigative solutions that are used in
homeland security, anti-terrorism and crime fighting initiatives.
The Company's proprietary, Internet-accessible database is marketed
to business-to-business and business- to-government sectors
worldwide. LocatePLUS' online customer base numbers approximately
20,000 members, including over 2,000 law enforcement agencies and
many major police departments across the country. Clients include
leading U.S. agencies, including the FBI (Federal Bureau of
Investigation), ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Channel
partners include Loislaw, Earthlink, Imaging Automation, AssureTec,
Metro Risk Management LLC, and the nation's leading recruitment
site. For more information, visit the Company's Website at
http://www.locateplus.com/. For investor information, visit
http://www.otcfn.com/lplha. Safe Harbor Statement from LocatePLUS:
Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business
outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability,
revenues, expenses or other financial items, and network or service
offering growth, together with other statements that are not
historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is
defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Any forward-looking
statements are estimates, reflecting the best judgment of the party
making such statements based upon currently available information
and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the
timing of any expansion of the Company's database, and other
factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from
those stated in such statements. Risks, uncertainties and factors
which could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements
are identified in the public filings made by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and forward-looking statements
contained in this press release or in other public statements of
the Company should be considered in light of those factors. For
more information, contact: At LocatePLUS: Investor Relations: James
Fields Rick McCaffrey LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. OTC Financial
Network 978-921-2727 x124 781-444-6100 x625 DATASOURCE: LocatePLUS
Holdings Corp. CONTACT: James Fields of LocatePLUS Holdings Corp.,
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Network, +1- 781-444-6100 ext. 625, Web site:
http://www.locateplus.com/
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