Southridge Announces Stock Repurchase Plan for up to $5 Million
DALLAS--Southridge Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:SORD) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan. The repurchase of up to $5,000,000 of the Company's common stock was authorized.
Commenting, Alex Smid, the Company's President said, "We are very pleased to announce this repurchase program and believe it benefits shareholders at a time when we believe the stock is undervalued and increasing future earnings per share by reducing the number of shares outstanding. This program reflects the Board of Directors' continued confidence in the Company and commitment to enhance shareholder value. Our shareholders have and continue to be our most important asset and rewarding them is a high priority.
"We have been astounded by the sharp decline in our share price over the past year. The entire ethanol sector has traded down during the period. Nevertheless, we believe Southridge's share price has become significantly undervalued. That view is based on our assessment of the ethanol market over the next few years and its foreseeable recovery as ethanol margins return and supply & demand get back in balance. Accordingly, we believe repurchasing shares at these prices represents an exceptional investment opportunity."
Acquisitions of stock under the repurchase plan will be made from time to time as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, and subject to market conditions and other factors. Purchases will be funded by the company taking on equity or debt financing. Plan will continue as long as periodic management reviews it to be fiscally feasible and may be discontinued at any time.
About Southridge Enterprises, Inc.
Southridge Enterprises is a renewable energy company with a mission to become the ethanol producer of choice in the southeastern region of the United States. The Company is focusing its efforts in an area which offers abundant supplies of corn, superior transportation infrastructure and expedited permitting processes. The Company is actively acquiring and developing ethanol production facilities and anticipates start-up of the first phase of these operations in 2007. Southridge Enterprises is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit our website: www.southridgeethanol.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements in this press release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, successfully equipping the Quitman County plant for the production of ethanol, and the startup of production of in 2008, if at all.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with the development of an early stage company in the alternative energy industry, its products, and the entry into new markets for such products. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the beliefs, plans, expectations, and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance those beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consider all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosed in the Company's current and periodic reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Southridge Enterprises, Inc.
Alex Smid, 888-862-2192, ext. 3
http://www.southridgeethanol.com
Commenting, Alex Smid, the Company's President said, "We are very pleased to announce this repurchase program and believe it benefits shareholders at a time when we believe the stock is undervalued and increasing future earnings per share by reducing the number of shares outstanding. This program reflects the Board of Directors' continued confidence in the Company and commitment to enhance shareholder value. Our shareholders have and continue to be our most important asset and rewarding them is a high priority.
"We have been astounded by the sharp decline in our share price over the past year. The entire ethanol sector has traded down during the period. Nevertheless, we believe Southridge's share price has become significantly undervalued. That view is based on our assessment of the ethanol market over the next few years and its foreseeable recovery as ethanol margins return and supply & demand get back in balance. Accordingly, we believe repurchasing shares at these prices represents an exceptional investment opportunity."
Acquisitions of stock under the repurchase plan will be made from time to time as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, and subject to market conditions and other factors. Purchases will be funded by the company taking on equity or debt financing. Plan will continue as long as periodic management reviews it to be fiscally feasible and may be discontinued at any time.
About Southridge Enterprises, Inc.
Southridge Enterprises is a renewable energy company with a mission to become the ethanol producer of choice in the southeastern region of the United States. The Company is focusing its efforts in an area which offers abundant supplies of corn, superior transportation infrastructure and expedited permitting processes. The Company is actively acquiring and developing ethanol production facilities and anticipates start-up of the first phase of these operations in 2007. Southridge Enterprises is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit our website: www.southridgeethanol.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements in this press release, which are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, successfully equipping the Quitman County plant for the production of ethanol, and the startup of production of in 2008, if at all.
Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the inherent uncertainties associated with the development of an early stage company in the alternative energy industry, its products, and the entry into new markets for such products. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the beliefs, plans, expectations, and intentions contained in this press release are reasonable, there can be no assurance those beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consider all of the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosed in the Company's current and periodic reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts
Southridge Enterprises, Inc.
Alex Smid, 888-862-2192, ext. 3
http://www.southridgeethanol.com
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