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From the President
Part of what we do at Belmont Partners is to foster an environment that promotes strong and trusted relationships within the reverse merger industry, and also support non-profit organizations and pursuits which enrich the community. While the firm’s business is expanding in global directions, we remain committed to our core principles of integrity and value for the client. I believe these guiding values will continue to be a winning strategy in delivering first class service to our clients.
In the 3rd quarter 2007 edition of The APS Update you will find highlights of significant industry conferences and webinars, company news, market developments and non-profit business community initiatives.
Belmont Partners is an international financial consulting firm and leading provider of public shell companies for reverse mergers. We look forward to serving you.
Please direct newsletter inquiries or suggestions to Belmont Partners at;
(540) 675-3149 or info@belmontpartners.net.
For more information on Belmont Partners, please visit the corporate website at belmontpartners.net.
Sincerely,
Joseph Meuse
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Belmont Notes
Representative Transaction
Comprehensive Medical Diagnostics Group, Inc. Merges with My Vintage Baby, Inc. (MVBY)
In June 2007, Comprehensive Medical Diagnostics Group, Inc. acquired My Vintage Baby, Inc. (MVBY. PK) for control. The public shell for the reverse merger transaction was provided by Belmont Partners. My Vintage Baby is a couture clothing line for young girls, and has been referred to as “a piece of yesterday for the hip child today.” The My Vintage Baby clothing line and products are sold in luxury stores like Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale’s as well as private retailers throughout the country. For more information regarding My Vintage Baby please visit: myvintagebaby.com
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Company Brief
BELMONT PARTNERS is an international financial consulting firm and leading provider of public shell companies for reverse mergers. Over 160 private businesses have engaged the services of Belmont Partners to provide a public vehicle for a successful reverse merger, representing an aggregate market capitalization in excess of $2 billion. The firm?s core competencies include consulting on shell public vehicle selection, pre-public capital formation and strategic financial M&A advisory services. Founded in 2003, Belmont Partners is headquartered in Washington, Virginia, and maintains offices in Shanghai, China. Belmont Partners serves clients in the United States, Europe, and Asia. |
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Contacts regarding Newsletter and/or
Business inquiries:
Joseph Meuse
Managing Member JMeuse@belmontpartners.net
Brad Barnes
Chief Operating Officer BBarnes@belmontpartners.net
William Luckman
Director of Business Development WLuckman@belmontpartners.net
Hadi Aboukhater
Business Development Hadi@belmontpartners.net
Matthew Tsou Business Development/China MTsou@belmontpartners.net
Marcie Corbin
Executive Assistant MCorbin@belmontpartners.net
Christina DeGrood
Associate Newsletter Development CDegrood@belmontpartners.net
Lindsay Alexander
Design, Production and Printing LAlexander@belmontpartners.net
Belmont Partners, LLC
360 Main Street • P.O. Box 393 Washington, Virginia 22747
Tel: (888)675-3149
Fax: (540)675-3369
www.belmontpartners.net
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Capital Access Forum 2007 Offers Key Perspectives on Alternative Funding Strategies
Belmont Partners, LLC will host the Capital Access Forum on November 9th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. This exciting one day event will bring together dealmakers and entrepreneurs involved in PIPEs, Venture Capital and Alternative Financing Strategies. The event will off er a platform for the evaluation of structured small- to mid-sized cap equity opportunities in the global marketplace. Additionally, leading industry investors and professionals from prominent investment banking fi rms, law fi rms, and accounting fi rms will come together to discuss the emerging trends in today’s funding environment. Sponsors and attendees will benefi t from networking with industry experts and gaining direct access to a large number of investors. Harvey L. Pitt, 26th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will deliver the keynote address. Harvey Pitt is a celebrated and infl uential leader with decades of public service dedicated to protecting investors, reducing risk, and fostering business and regulatory best practices. He is the founder and fi rst president of the SEC Historical Society and will off er an insightful look into signifi cant corporate and securities law issues. Currently, he serves as Chief Executive Offi cer for the global business consulting fi rm Kalorama Partners, LLC and is a popular columnist for Compliance Week. When asked about the upcoming Capital Access Forum, Joseph Meuse, President of Belmont Partners stated, “Belmont Partners is committed to providing the very best in industry conferences and events. The Capital Access Forum 2007 is gaining a tremendous amount of positive exposure due in large part to the quality of participation and the unique and refreshing format.” Visit alternativepublicstrategies.com for more information about attending or sponsoring the Capital Access Forum.
CHINA Safe Notice 106 Webinar
Kevin Leung of Richardson Patel joined colleagues Louis Bevilacqua of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP and Larry Liu of Global Law Offi ce, China to discuss the implications of the new SAFE 106 rule in an exclusive Alternative Public Strategies Webinar event on September 26, 2007. In May 2007, Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) released new policies pivotal to international fi nancing transactions. SAFE Implementation Notice 106 further defi nes the operational directives of SAFE Circular 75, governing special purpose companies formed to carry out off shore fi nancings of Chinese controlled assets. The expanded rules impart additional hurdles for Chinese-owned companies seeking international capital as well as for U.S. investors. The webinar proved to be a successful, informative and interactive experience for all involved. Mr. Leung, Mr. Bevilacqua, and Mr. Liu discussed the implications and challenges of SAFE 106 at length, going into detail about who is aff ected by the rule, registration requirements, and the practical applications for private equity investors. This exclusive APS webinar also addressed steps to acquire MOFCOM approval, legacy structures, practical considerations and how to eff ectively work with SAFE 106 regulations. To purchase the archive SAFE 106 webinar and to learn more about upcoming Belmont Partners events, visit alternativestrategies.com or call Belmont Partners, LLC at (540) 675-3149.
The Center For New Technology Enterprise; Creating A Robust, Transdisciplinary And Interconnected Infrastructure To Support Technology Entrepreneurship
By Frederick A. Provorny
| The Center for New Technology Enterprise (“Center”) is an independent nonprofit organization established to use the most current technologies and trans-disciplinary education to fill serious gaps in the methods used to bring new technologies to the marketplace. The Center provides a comprehensive program that uses teams of students from many disciplines to facilitate the development of new ventures and the jobs they create to bring to commercial fruition technologies invented at universities and other private and public research institutions. It also harnesses the talents and motivation of students from many disciplines to enhance their education by gaining intensive experience evaluating and finding applications for technologies and furnishing entrepreneurs with an extensive and diverse suite of services in conjunction with experienced professionals, serial entrepreneurs, executives and investors and devises novel and innovative strategies to foster entrepreneurship among students of all ages, abilities and economic conditions. Finally, the Center offers a virtual venue for its diverse constituencies worldwide, such as incubators and tech transfer offi ces, to connect and share expertise, resources, best practices and other important information. The centerpiece of the Center’s program is the trans-disciplinary experiential learning in which students will engage. Students from a variety of disciplines and located almost anywhere will work in teams to evaluate technologies from universities and private and government research facilities technically and commercially, find applications and identify entrepreneurs who would create new companies. New venture creation by student teams is encouraged. This extensive collaboration is possible because of technologies that empower people to work |
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together simultaneously across time zones and without regard to geography.
The Center‘s involvement in nurturing emerging companies does not end with the creation of a new venture. Student teams operating physically and virtually provide to qualifi ed entrepreneurs and emerging companies an extensive array of business, legal, technical, regulatory, communications and other services. Given the advances in collaborative technologies, the Center plans to work very closely with incubators and accelerators around the world and network them so that they can become aware of the activities, company mix and expertise of each other in real time introduce companies in multiple incubators with complementary technologies and business models, and share services and other resources. However, the Center will also work with qualifi ed entrepreneurs and emerging companies who seek its services even if they are not in incubators or accelerators.
The student teams are supervised and mentored not only by the Center's staff but also by members of an extensive network of professional service providers in a multiplicity of disciplines, serial entrepreneurs, executives and investors. Students will have an important role in deciding with which entrepreneurs and companies with which the Center will work. The students will not only assist emerging companies but also gain experience in applying their education to solve complex and sophisticated challenges, become comfortable working with students and experts in other disciplines and locations, and enhance their personal competitiveness |
A Power Agro Agriculture Development, Inc. Begins Trading — OTC: Apwa
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Belmont Partners recently provided the public shell for the reverse merger of A Power Agro Agriculture Development, Inc. (OTC: APWA). APWA is a technologybased agricultural enterprise with a geographic focus on the People’s Republic of China.
All business activities are carried out by APWA’s joint venture partners in respective Sino-Joint Venture Companies (SJVC) in China. Presently Capital Award, Inc. (CA), an APWA fully owned subsidiary, is developing Modern Fishery Projects in China and holds the Master Licensee for China in the most commercially proven fishery model, “Re-circulating Aquaculture” (RAS). Capital Award’s core business is the sale of RAS technology licenses, which also include maintenance and technical support fees for the life of each contract. Prior to Capital Award’s presence in China, the company was an RAS consulting and engineering firm that provided support, supervision, and building contracts for RAS farms in Asian countries including Australia. Currently, Capital Award’s China operation involves the promotion and launch of new RAS projects. The fi rm selectively chooses potential developers in China before selling them the RAS Developer Licenses under Sino-Joint Venture Companies ownership. The strategic long- |
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term plan is to provide additional services to license holders including, but not limited to, management and support. The Company also intends to own and operate farms with SJVC partners. In all cases Capital Awards will retain a controlling interest in the SJVC.
Thus far, Capital Awards has sold two RAS licenses, one each in year 2004 and year 2007 for total revenues of US$17.3 million. These sales represent the bulk of the company’s Net Tangible Assets which stand at US$19.7 million as of July 31st, 2007. Capital Awards is estimating the sale of two more licenses in 2008-2009. Under current plans and operations, by 2012, total licenses will result in a production capacity of 50,000 Metric Tons of pollutant-free fi sh annually. The company is anticipating the initial production to begin as early as 2008.
APWA has multiple agriculture related acquisitions targeted for calendar year 2007 and expects signifi cant revenue and asset growth to result from these material acquisitions. |
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