Pacific Land and Coffee Corporation Announces Acquisition of Integrated Coffee Technologies and Enters the Agriculture Biotechno
December 19 2007 - 12:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
HONOLULU, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Land and Coffee
Corporation (OTC:PLFF) (BULLETIN BOARD: PLFF) announced today that
it has acquired 71.5% of Integrated Coffee Technologies, Inc., a
Hawaii-based innovator in tropical agricultural biotechnology with
a focus on coffee plants. Using state-of-the-art biotechnology,
Integrated Coffee Technologies is developing coffee plants that
grow caffeine-free and coffee plants in which the ripening process
can be controlled by the grower to improve harvest and processing
efficiency. Coffee is the second largest commodity in trading
volume after petroleum, with an annual trading value of $60
billion. The acquisition was effected by the issuance of 7,644,149
shares of Pacific Land and Coffee common stock. Pacific Land and
Coffee will make an offer to the remaining shareholders of
Integrated Coffee Technologies to acquire all outstanding shares at
the same exchange ratio. If 100% of Integrated Coffee Technologies
is acquired, the total outstanding shares of Pacific Land and
Coffee will be approximately 15.4 million. Pacific Land and Coffee
Corporation will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with more
details regarding the transaction with Integrated Coffee
Technologies within 4 business days. Dale Nielsen, Chief Executive
Officer of Pacific Land and Coffee Corporation, said "The
acquisition of Integrated Coffee Technologies is not only
complementary to our existing business but provides our
shareholders with the opportunity to participate in a revolution in
the coffee industry." Pacific Land and Coffee Corporation sells
private label coffee to wholesale and retail accounts nationally
and internationally, and brokers green bean coffee internationally
under the trade name Coscina Brothers Coffee. For more information,
please contact Dale Nielsen (CEO) of Pacific Land and Coffee at .
Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this
news release contains forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could
cause actual results or timelines to differ materially are risks
associated with research and clinical development, regulatory
approvals, supply capabilities and reliance on third-party
manufacturers, product commercialization, competition, litigation,
and other risk factors listed from time to time in reports filed by
Pacific Land and Coffee Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in
this news release represent judgments of the management of Pacific
Land and Coffee Corporation as of the date of this release.
DATASOURCE: Pacific Land and Coffee Corporation CONTACT: Dale
Nielsen, CEO of Pacific Land and Coffee, +1-808-371-4266,
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