Eco-Tek Worldwide CEO Speaks About the Company's Future Plans
April 28 2014 - 1:00PM
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Eco-Tek Worldwide CEO Speaks About the Company's Future Plans
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2014) -
(OTCQB:ETEK)
I came to join Eco-Tek in June of 2013 and immediately recognized
that it was a great little Company with truly fantastic products
but, with the passing of its founder more than a year earlier, it
had lost its direction. Even best lubricant in the world and the
best oil cleaning system won't sell themselves.
Job one was to get more customers. A new team of seasoned
professionals joined the Company, most them on performance based
renumeration, and they had kicked up our sales. We have been
achieving a 50% growth in sales per quarter and we are convinced
that we can sustain this kind of growth in revenue for the
foreseeable future. Next we had to increase our margins. Working
with our suppliers and using smart cost controls we have brought
our margins from low 30s to high 40s. Our distribution partners in
North America were focused on smaller customers and our
international success with larger customers in the mining,
construction and transport sectors showed us that we should change
up our distribution in North America. In April we started that
process with North Dakota and we will add about 10 more
distribution partners in North America over the next year. Overall
Eco-Tek expects to have revenue of $2.2 million to $2.8 million in
2014.
Before I joined the Company, it became a public Company by way of
an RTO. The group that arranged this fairly expensive process
funded the Company by Convertible Promissory Notes and Promissory
Notes. The Company borrowed about $900,000 over the course of last
year to pay for its costs associated with filing, legal, accounting
and audit work with regards to being a public Company. This group
ceased to provide funds in August of 2013 and Eco-Tek has gone to
the financial markets to obtain financing since that time. A large
portion of the outstanding debt from the period up to August 2013
could have been converted into huge numbers of shares and the
Company has taken steps to minimize the impact of this issue by
changing out the notes that could have converted for many hundreds
of millions of shares for ones that convert for only millions of
shares. These conversions have occurred between December 2013 and
March 2014 with little or no impact on our shares. The Company has
also made arrangements with other note holders to convert their
notes into preferred shares that will not impact the common share
dilution. The Company also has about $475,000 in debt to the
original founding shareholders and they have also agreed to convert
to preferred shares. This action plan will take about three more
months to complete and it has has two major benefits. One: it
significantly reduces the potential dilution. While the total
conversion number would vary with share market price, we believe
that the overall impact of our action plan will have reduced
dilution by about 1.3 billion shares. Two: it almost eliminates the
Company debt, new debt excluded. We expect the fully diluted share
number to be between 650 million and 750 million plus new shares
attributable to stock options.
I and many of our senior staff are taking the major portion of our
pay as stock options. This action has two large benefits for the
Company. First it conserves cash, which is always a valuable
commodity for a growing Company, and second its aligns the
interests of our team with our shareholders. I like to have
everybody in the canoe paddling with the Company.
The Company plans two more action items with regards to our share
structure. First, in the next short while, we will file for a
change in the Authorized Shares from 7 billion to 1 billion, and
second, once we have completed the conversions and debt elimination
as outlined above, we will commence a buyback program to reduce the
total outstanding issued shares by about 250 million. We expect
this program to take about a year.
Eco-Tek is a great little Company about to get much bigger. We were
six hard working people in June of 2013 and we are now a strong
team of twenty-seven that grows every month. We will still have our
ups and downs but we are inspired by our recent successes and
excited by our prospects. We expect to have bright future, make
good money and have some fun. We invite you come along and help us
on our journey.
Eco-Tek Group Inc. (OTCQB:ETEK)
About Eco-Tek Group Inc.:
Eco-Tek Group Inc., based in Toronto, Ontario was founded in 2009.
Dedicated to the development and marketing innovative and cost
effective "green" lubrication products for the transportation,
industrial and marine industries and development by their
experienced chemists and engineers with extensive knowledge in the
science of lubrication and related studies. Eco-Tek Group Inc. is
dedicated to formulating cutting edge products that make a
significant contribution to the reduction of fossil fuel
consumption while enhancing quality and performance.
Eco-Tek Group Inc. has marketed the company's products in Ontario
for the past number of years and has established a solid base of
highly satisfied customers. Recently Eco-Tek has established
distributors in South America, and Europe and is now expanding its
operations across North America and around the world.
Submitted on behalf of its board
Safe Harbor:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements with
respect to business conducted by Eco-Tek Group Inc. By their
nature, forward-looking statements and forecasts involve risks and
uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on
circumstances that will occur in the future. Such forward-looking
statements include those that express plan, anticipation, intent,
contingency, goals, targets, or future developments and/or
otherwise are not statements of historical fact. The words
"potentially", "anticipate", "could", "calls for", and similar
expressions also identify forward-looking statements. The Company
does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.
Factors that could affect actual results include, without
limitation, risks associated with: the Company's ability to
successfully obtain patents for its technology and the adequacy of
such patents; the introduction of competitive technology; the
Company's ability to develop, manufacture, license, or sell its
products or product candidates; the Company's ability to enter into
and successfully execute any license and collaborative agreements;
the adequacy of the Company's capital resources and cash flow
projections, the Company's ability to obtain sufficient financing
to maintain the Company's planned operations, or the risk of
bankruptcy; other risks that may be described under Certain Risks
and Uncertainties Related to the Company's Business, as contained
in the forthcoming Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.F.
Eco-Tek Group Inc.Stephen TunksPresident1-888-970-3265
TOLL-FREEInfo@ecotekworldwide.comwww.ecotekworldwide.com
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