Bankruptcy Court Approves Sales of CattleLog and VerifEYE Businesses
March 16 2007 - 2:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
SEBASTIAN, Fla., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- eMerge Interactive, Inc.
(the "Company") today announced that on March 15, 2007, the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, West
Palm Beach division (the "Bankruptcy Court") entered two sales
orders (the "Orders") approving the sales of substantially all of
the assets of the Company's CattleLog and VerifEYE business units.
Pursuant to the Orders, Origin Micro Systems, LLC was the
successful bidder in a competitive auction pursuant to Section 363
of the United States Bankruptcy Code and will purchase the
Company's CattleLog, or "Animal Information Solutions," assets for
approximately $1,600,000. Chad, Inc. will purchase the Company's
VerifEYE assets for approximately $370,000. The Company will seek
to close both sales transactions as soon as practicable, and the
closings of these sales transactions will be subject to customary
closing conditions. There can be no assurances that the Company
will be able to complete the transactions involving the liquidation
of the CattleLog or VerifEYE assets. The Company expects that if
the transactions involving the liquidation of the CattleLog and
VerifEYE assets are completed, and the Company is liquidated, the
Company will return little or no value to its existing
stockholders. Certain Information About eMerge eMerge is a
technology company focusing on the agricultural and meat processing
industries. eMerge's products include CattleLog, a USDA-approved
Process Verified Program providing individual-animal data
collection and reporting that enables livestock tracking,
verification and branding; the VerifEYE Carcass Inspection System,
a real-time, optical inspection system that scans beef carcasses in
packing plants; and the Solo handheld inspection unit, a portable
instrument, incorporating the VerifEYE imaging technology. For more
information about eMerge, including the risks and uncertainties
associated with its business, and to view its filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, please visit
http://www.emergeinteractive.com/ . Forward-Looking Statements This
release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements containing words such as "anticipates," "believes,"
"expects," "intends," "may," "will" and words of similar meaning.
These statements involve various risks and uncertainties. A number
of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described in these forward-looking statements, including
funding current operations, the uncertainties of negotiating and
completing the proposed transactions to liquidate eMerge's
CattleLog and VerifEYE businesses, obtaining Bankruptcy Court
approval of the motions prosecuted by eMerge from time to time, the
ability of eMerge to maintain normal terms with vendors, suppliers
and service providers, eMerge's ability to maintain contracts that
are critical to its operations, the potential adverse impact of the
Chapter 11 case on eMerge's liquidity or results of operations,
eMerge's ability to retain key executives and managers and
employees, eMerge's ability to retain customers, general economic
conditions and other factors discussed in this release and as set
forth from time to time in eMerge's other public filings and public
statements. Readers of this release are cautioned to consider these
risks and uncertainties and not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: eMerge Interactive, Inc.
CONTACT: David Warren of eMerge Interactive, Inc., +1-772-581-9750
Web site: http://www.emergeinteractive.com/
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