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DIGITAL ANGEL RESCHEDULES THIRD QUARTER 2006 EARNINGS RESULTS TO
NOVEMBER 9th
Company to Provide Preliminary Update to Shareholders
of Special Committee Analysis
SO. ST. PAUL, MN (November 3, 2006) … Digital Angel Corporation
(Amex: DOC), an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and
accurate identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of
high-value assets, announced today that it has rescheduled the release of
its third quarter 2006 earnings and investor call from Monday, November
6th to Thursday, November 9th. Earnings will be released at 7:35 am EST.
That same day at 11:00 am EST, management will host a conference call,
which will be broadcast live over the Internet.
The company said
the reason for moving the earnings announcement and call was to allow for
management to update shareholders as to the preliminary Strategic
Alternative Analysis overseen by the Company’s Special Committee of its
Board of Directors, which includes all independent directors. The company
expects to announce these findings on or before Thursday, November 9th,
2006.
In August, the Special Committee was charged with reviewing
strategic alternatives and pursuing any option it deems most advantageous
for Digital Angel. Among the alternatives being considered are
improvements to the Company’s capital structure and methods to improve
growth opportunities and enhance shareholder value.
Those
interested in listening to the live webcast may do so by going to the
Company’s website at http://www.digitalangelcorp.com/
or http://www.vcall.com/. Web participants are encouraged
to go to either website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call
to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. The
online archive will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call
and continue for seven days.
About Digital Angel
Corporation Digital Angel Corporation develops and deploys
sensor and communications technologies that enable rapid and accurate
identification, location tracking, and condition monitoring of high-value
assets. Applications for the Company’s products include identification and
monitoring of humans, pets, fish, poultry and livestock through its
patented implantable microchips; location tracking and message monitoring
of vehicles and aircraft in remote locations through systems that
integrate GPS and geosynchronous satellite communications; and monitoring
of asset conditions such as temperature and movement, through advanced
miniature sensors.
Digital Angel Corporation is majority-owned by
Applied Digital Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSX). For more information about Digital
Angel, please visit http://www.digitalangelcorp.com/.
The statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical, are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors
created by these sections. The forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties and the actual results that the Company achieves
may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to such
risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, that Applied
Digital Inc. owns 55.4% of the Company’s common stock, that new accounting
pronouncements regarding expensing of share based compensation may impact
the Company’s future results of operations, the Company may continue to
incur net losses, infringement by third parties on the Company’s
intellectual property or development of substantially equivalent
proprietary technology by the Company’s competitors could negatively
impact the Company’s business, domestic and foreign government regulation
and other factors could impair the Company’s ability to develop and sell
its products in certain markets, the Company relies on sales to government
contractors for its animal identification and search and rescue beacon
products, and any decline in the demand by these customers for such
products could negatively affect the Company’s business, the Company
depends on a single production arrangement for its patented
syringe-injectable microchips, and the loss of or any significant
reduction in the production could have an adverse effect on the Company’s
business, technological change could cause the Company’s products to
become obsolete, the loss of one of the Company’s principal customers
could negatively impact the Company’s net revenue, the Company’s earnings
will decline if the Company writes off goodwill and other intangible
assets, options and warrants outstanding and available for issuance may
adversely affect the market price of the Company’s common stock, currency
exchange rate fluctuations could have an adverse effect on the Company’s
sales and financial results, the Company depends on a small team of senior
management. A detailed statement of risks and uncertainties is contained
in the Company’s reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including in particular the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005. Investors and stockholders are urged to read this
document carefully. The Company can offer no assurances that any
projections, assumptions or forecasts made or discussed in this release
will be met, and investors should understand the risks of investing solely
due to such projections. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise
any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances
that may arise after the date of this press release.
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