CORRECTING and REPLACING Nascent Completes Sale of Palermo Italian Foods
July 15 2008 - 5:16PM
Business Wire
Second graph, date in second sentence should read: June 30, 2009
(sted June 30, 2008). The corrected release reads: NASCENT
COMPLETES SALE OF PALERMO ITALIAN FOODS 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, 2009, 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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