Nascent Completes Sale of Palermo Italian Foods
July 15 2008 - 11:12AM
Business Wire
Nascent Wine Company, Inc. (OTCBB: NCTW), dba Nascent Foodservice,
Inc., the only nationwide distributor of imported products in
Mexico, announced today that it has completed the sale of Palermo
Italian Foods, LLC (�Palermo Foods�) to AIP, Inc. (�AIP�), a
company founded by Victor Petrone, Palermo�s current President. As
previously reported, Nascent Foodservice entered into a definitive
letter of intent to sell Palermo Italian Foods, LLC to a group of
investors led by Victor Petrone. Under the terms of the agreement,
AIP agrees to assume approximately $0.8 million in accounts payable
owed by Nascent Foodservice, sign a promissory note in the amount
of $1.0 million due on or before June 30, 2008, and assume a
promissory note in the amount of $249,999 in consideration for all
issued and outstanding membership interests of Palermo. In
addition, AIP will assume all debt owed by Palermo to Nascent and
in payment in full of all debt owed by Palermo to Nascent, Nascent
shall receive shares of AIP common stock equal to fifteen percent
(15%) of all AIP issued and outstanding shares of common stock
after the issuance of such shares to Nascent. Sandro Piancone, CEO
of Nascent, stated, �We are excited to complete this transaction,
which will strengthen our overall financial position and enable us
to focus on building value in our core businesses. By focusing on
our core competency of food distribution in Mexico, we believe we
can build upon our position as the leading distributor of imported
products in Mexico. We continue to believe that significant value
exists in our current operations through by executing on of our
long-term business opportunities and leveraging our existing
infrastructure with organic growth.� Victor Petrone, President of
Palermo Italian Foods, stated, �Palermo Italian Foods is synonymous
with high quality and great tasting products. Having served as
President of Palermo for the past two years, I am delighted to the
lead the Company�s efforts in its next phase of growth.� In
connection with the purchase agreement, Mr. Petrone resigned as
President of Nascent Wine Company, Inc., effective June 30, 2008.
Mr. Petrone shall remain a director of Nascent Wine Company, Inc.
Palermo Foods, which was acquired by Nascent Foodservice in
November of 2006, is an Italian food importer and distributer based
in Miami, Florida, primarily serving the southern Florida markets.
About Nascent Foodservice, Inc. Nascent Wine Company Inc. dba
Nascent Foodservice is the only nationwide distributor of imported
products in Mexico, marketing and distributing over 2,000 national
and proprietary brand food and non-food products. Nascent
Foodservice also has the exclusive right to distribute Miller Beer
in Baja California, Mexico. In addition, Nascent sells select
products from Nestle, Ferrarelle Water, Cora Italian Food Products,
Avasoft Ice Cream, Mitsuki Asian products, Bonet European products,
Fusion Energy Drink, ROCKSTAR, Jolly Rancher Soda, and Nery�s
cheese products, among others. Nascent is focused on acquiring the
most profitable and well positioned distributors in Mexico with the
best food and beverage portfolios in the country. Nascent is
currently servicing over 240,000 sales points including
supermarkets, convenience stores and foodservice accounts like
Wal-Mart, Costco, Soriana, Comercial Mexicana, AM/PM, 7-ELEVEN,
OXXO and many more. Nascent Foodservice trades on the OTC Bulletin
Board as Nascent Wine Company, Inc., ticker symbol NCTW.OB. For
more information about Nascent Foodservice, go to
www.nascentfoodservice.com. Forward Looking Statements Statements
made in this press release that express the Company's or
management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or
predictions of future events, are forward-looking statements. Those
statements are based on many assumptions and are subject to many
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could
cause the Company's actual activities, results or performance to
differ materially from those anticipated or projected in such
forward-looking statements. In light of significant risks and
uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements included
herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as
a representation by the Company that it will achieve such
forward-looking statements. For further details and a discussion of
these and other risks and uncertainties, please see our most recent
reports on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-QSB, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as they may be amended from
time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
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