Alternative Energy Partners (OTC BB: AEGY) Response to Recent SEC Suspension of Trading
June 09 2014 - 3:10PM
Marketwired
Alternative Energy Partners (OTC BB: AEGY) Response to Recent SEC
Suspension of Trading
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 9, 2014) - The SEC
determined on June 6, 2014 to impose a temporary suspension in
trading of the stock of Alternative Energy Partners, Inc. (OTCBB:
AEGY) (OTC Pink: AEGY) (PINKSHEETS: AEGY) ("the Company") that may
extend through June 19, 2014. The purpose of this statement is
to inform shareholders about the information currently available to
the Company and to address, to the extent possible, several of the
questions we have received from shareholders and investors.
The Company did not have any advance warning, hint, or knowledge
of the impending SEC suspension order. The Company learned of
the SEC's actions at the same time as the market, on the morning of
June 6, 2014 and has not received any direct communication from the
SEC. The Company has no knowledge of irregularities that may
warrant a suspension of trading in its securities but the fact
remains that the SEC ordered a trading halt, as it is permitted to
do by law.
The Company has reached out to the SEC to learn the SEC's
concerns and then endeavor to address them. The Company will
not speculate about the reasons, and the Company recommends that
investors, even though they are disappointed by this temporary
result, not speculate either but wait to see what happens as a
result of this process. As soon as any regulatory concerns are
identified for the Company, the Company will address them
fully.
The Company understands that the SEC has expressed concerns with
the market sector, medical cannabis, in which the Company operates
and has shut down several companies in that space before its recent
order affecting the Company. We are operating a viable,
established, and visible business in California, as we have been
doing for over a year, and are distinguishable from the many
companies in the medical marijuana space that are little more than
stock promotions.
The Company continues and will continue to operate its business
in all of its forms, notwithstanding the SEC order. The SEC
order does not affect the Company's core and day-to-day business
operations and we will continue to deliver high quality products
and services that enhance the lives of medical cannabis patients in
California.
If the history of other stocks in the marketplace is any guide,
after the SEC order expires or when trading resumes there is likely
to be a negative impact on the market price of the Company's
stock. The Company will do everything it reasonably can do,
within the regulatory requirements, to minimize the impact of the
SEC's decision on its shareholders and business
relationships. We urge our shareholders, customers, and
partners to engage in calm consideration of information as it
becomes available but we do understand that this is a very
difficult time for all involved. We appreciate your
frustration, as we are similarly frustrated. We have operated
in this space for more than a year and are perplexed after having
built a lawful new business, in a new and growing space, that is
viable, visible, active, and objectively confirmable, to find that
the SEC has as yet undisclosed concerns, but they are engaging in
their role as provided by law and we respect that. While the
SEC did not provide more than formalistic language justifying the
suspension in its order, that too is their prerogative. We look
forward to working with the SEC to identify its concerns and
address them proactively.
We are confident that we are building an industry leading
business in the medical cannabis space and we will continue to do
so. Undoubtedly those on the investor boards who accomplish
some form of investment reward by spreading fear, uncertainty, and
doubt, will use this as an opportunity to do so with even louder
volume; but do not be misled, they too lack any information as to
why the SEC did what it did, as only the SEC knows that. We
certainly are not going to opine on that subject and we would
caution you to view with a great deal of skepticism anyone on any
investor board who does so.
We are committed to launching the products and services we have
already announced we will launch -- they are under development and
some are nearly finished. We are also continuing to move ahead
with the merger we have already announced and hope to complete that
shortly but in due course given the current situation.
We remain fully dedicated to finding out what gave rise to the
SEC concerns and to keeping shareholders fully informed when
reliable information is obtained. In the meanwhile, we ask
that our shareholders and investors maintain a demeanor of calm and
patience notwithstanding frustrations that we all feel in this
challenging time. Acting on frustration will not accelerate
our path through this process and may actually hinder it.
Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based on the
current plans and expectations of management and are subject to a
number of uncertainties and risks that could significantly affect
the company's current plans and expectations, as well as future
results of operations and financial condition. A more extensive
listing of risks and factors that may affect the company's business
prospects and cause actual results to differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements can be found in the
reports and other documents filed by the company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
investors@aegy.net Investor Relations
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