Protocall Technologies New Leadership Committed to Driving Shareholder Value
October 18 2005 - 3:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
COMMACK, N.Y., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Protocall
Technologies Incorporated (OTC:PCLI.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: PCLI.OB) ,
announced today the release of a letter to shareholders from Chief
Executive Officer Donald J. Hoffmann, which addresses the company's
recent management changes, future business plans, and commitment to
increasing shareholder value. The following is the text of Mr.
Hoffmann's letter to shareholders. "To The Shareholders of
Protocall Technologies Incorporated: I want to take this
opportunity to share my vision and roadmap for Protocall for the
next 90 days, and the changes I have instituted in the past few
weeks that have laid the groundwork for Protocall to deliver
results for our shareholders. As many of you are aware, Protocall
has undergone a series of changes over the last several months that
have included the departure in June and return in September of our
founder Bruce Newman, the appointment in June and subsequent
resignation in September of my predecessor as CEO, and the
resignation of several board members in September. During 2005, we
have also seen a precipitous decline in our stock price, in
particular over the last several months. I am keenly aware of the
impact this has on your investment in Protocall and have initiated
measures to address the issue as covered later in this letter.
Despite our recent challenges, Protocall's business opportunities
remain as strong as ever. We continue a steady advancement in the
acceptance of our on-demand distribution model in the marketplace.
Our agreements with CompUSA and Tigerdirect.com and a more recently
launched pilot with one of the largest membership warehouse clubs
in America are driving interest from new software publishers, movie
studios and music labels. Our vision is to provide major retailers
with the ability to produce a vast range of digital media products
on-demand at their stores and web site fulfillment centers -- a
simple premise, but profound in its potential to transform product
distribution as we know it. Over the next 90 days, in addition to
continuing our day-day-day business activities, we will be stepping
up efforts in the following areas, which I believe are crucial to
strengthening Protocall's business and building shareholder value:
1. Financing/Stock Price -- As a development stage company,
Protocall is dependant on new investment capital to maintain our
business operations. Clearly, our goal is to be financially
self-sufficient as quickly as possible, but in the meantime, we
will require additional capital. We believe our existing cash
reserves will provide funds necessary to satisfy cash requirements
through late November 2005. Additional funding, however, may not be
available or may be available at terms that are not acceptable to
the board of directors. Current shareholders may see their
investment diluted as a result of additional financing and if we
are not successful in obtaining funding at acceptable terms, we may
be forced to reduce planned expenditures or to curtail operations.
Having said that, our ability to attract investment capital is
directly related to our overall business progress and performance
of our stock. Relative to our stock price, I believe Protocall has
suffered from a severe lack of exposure to the investment
community. I believe we have a great company with great partners --
we need to let the world know about us. Therefore, we will be
launching an investor relations program within the next 7 days,
through which we will regularly communicate company news to large
numbers of prospective institutional investors. Our goal is to draw
attention to what we believe is an investment opportunity at what
is currently an undervalued stock price. 2. Build Revenue --
Protocall's projected revenue for the nine month period ending
September 30 is expected to be $340,000, which represents a 178%
increase over $122,000 in revenue for the same period last year.
Our goal is to escalate revenue at an even greater year-over-year
growth-rate, however our store based systems often involve extended
time cycles for store integration, hardware installation and post
installation merchandising work, which can stretch out timing for
chain-wide deployment and subsequent revenue growth. Therefore, to
expedite revenue growth, Protocall will seek new customers in the
higher volume / somewhat lower margin business-to- business market,
where ramp-up times are likely to be considerably shorter. We will
continue to develop new agreements with major retailers for our
store based systems, which is our core strength and of most
interest to content owners. 3. Cost Reductions -- We have already
reduced monthly operating costs by roughly 20%, primarily through
reductions in staffing. These reductions were difficult to say the
least, but necessary for Protocall to conserve cash. We will
continue to look at ways to minimize expenditures while balancing
the need to advance our business. 4. New Content -- Interest from
content owners is directly related to the market presence of our
retail customers and the number of store locations each retailer
provides. We intend to fully develop our platform capabilities to
deliver additional types of digital media products including video
and TV content, which are of great interest to our customers. As
you can see, we have a clear roadmap and clear goals that we will
execute against. I am a believer that a qualified board of
directors can provide tremendous strategic and tactical value as we
execute our initiatives. To this end, I am delighted to have Bruce
Newman return to our board of directors. As the founder of
Protocall Technologies, Bruce maintains a clear vision and
fundamental understanding of how our technology fits within the
marketplace. He also maintains an extensive network of industry
relationships that will be of great value to Protocall as we move
forward. We have also appointed Fred Cook as a special advisor to
the Protocall board. Fred is the Chief Executive Officer of
Greenfield Industries, Inc. and has deep experience in guiding
companies through transitional stages. He has held senior level
positions at a number of technology oriented and financial
companies including Thomson Industries, RBC and Ingersoll-Rand
where he successfully led numerous operating divisions to
profitability. I am delighted to have Bruce, Fred and the whole
Protocall team working side by side with me to deliver on our
roadmap. I realize that time is crucial with the initiatives
outlined in this letter. We believe our technology is the right
solution at the right time for today's retailers and consumers, and
we intend to make the Protocall vision a reality. I would like to
thank our employees and board for their fierce determination, to
our customers who are advocates for our products, and to our
fearless shareholders, most of who have not wavered from their
loyal support. We are totally committed to rewarding your
confidence in our vision and company and you have my commitment, as
well as that of our employees and board, that we will put our all
into moving this company forward. Sincerely, Donald J. Hoffmann
Chief Executive Officer Protocall Technologies Incorporated" About
Protocall Technologies Protocall Technologies Incorporated
(http://www.protocall.com/) is the innovator of on-demand digital
content distribution. Its flagship product line, the
SoftwareToGo(r) electronic delivery system, is the industry's
standard for on-site production of brand name software media, for
both traditional and Web "e-Tailers." Protocall provides retailers
and software publishers with specialized systems programming,
digital rights management and electronic merchandising services for
front and back-end fulfillment operations. Certain statements in
this press release may contain forward-looking information within
the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule
3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to
the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than
statements of fact, included in this release, including, without
limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and
objectives of the companies, are forward- looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Technical complications that may arise could
prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically significant
plan(s) outlined above. The company cautions that these
forward-looking statements are further qualified by other factors
including, but not limited to, those set forth in current and
periodic reports and other documents filed by Protocall
Technologies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Protocall Technologies undertakes no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether, as a result of
new information, future events, or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Protocall
Technologies Incorporated CONTACT: Amy Greenfield, Esq., of Van
Prooyen Greenfield LLP, for Protocall Technologies Incorporated,
+1-212-717-9130, Web site: http://www.protocall.com/
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