Monday, July 03, 2000
American Telesource Sets Record Date for GlobalSCAPE Share Distribution
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- American TeleSource International,
Inc. "ATSI" (AMEX: AI) announced today that its Board of Directors has
established a Record Date of July 14, 2000 for the distribution of
approximately 27% of ATSI's ownership in GlobalSCAPE, its wholly owned
Internet subsidiary, to ATSI's stockholders. ATSI stockholders will
receive a portion of ATSI's 12,920,000 share ownership in GlobalSCAPE
via a distribution made pro rata one share of GlobalSCAPE Common Stock
for each twenty shares of ATSI Common Stock held as of the July 14,
2000 Record Date. As normal, the SEC has provided comments to
GlobalSCAPE's Form 10 registration statement. The Company anticipates
making the distribution as soon as practical after the Record Date and
the addressing of the SEC comments.
Although a Form 10 registration statement has been filed in connection
with the shares to be issued in the distribution, GlobalSCAPE's bylaws
contain provisions restricting the sale of the distributed shares.
ATSI does not currently intend to list the GlobalSCAPE shares for
trading on an exchange or automatic quotation system.
H. Douglas Saathoff, ATSI's Chief Financial Officer, stated, "This
distribution will give our stockholders an opportunity to receive
direct ownership in GlobalSCAPE at a lower tax basis, and enhances
their ability to participate directly in any future successes that
GlobalSCAPE may enjoy in the public or private markets. Stockholders
in ATSI will also benefit from any future successes that GlobalSCAPE
may enjoy through ATSI's retained ownership position in GlobalSCAPE."
American TeleSource International, Inc. is an emerging international
carrier serving certain niche markets in and between Latin America and
the United States. The Company's borderless strategy includes the
deployment of a "next generation" network for more efficient and cost
effective service offerings of domestic and international voice and
data. ATSI has clear advantages over the competition through its
corporate framework consisting of unique licenses, interconnection and
service agreements, network footprint, and extensive retail
distribution. GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (www.globalscape.com), is a leader in
the development, marketing, distribution and support of award winning
Internet-based software in a variety of categories including file
management, multimedia utilities and Web site development tools
targeting both business and consumer markets.
This news release contains "forward looking statements" which are
statements that describe management's beliefs and expectations about
the future. We have identified forward looking statements by using
words such as "expect," "may" "believe," and "should." Although we
believe our expectations are reasonable, our operations involve a
number of risks and uncertainties, and these statements may turn out
not to be true. Risks that could cause these statements not to be
true include loss of key customers, inability to obtain additional
capital, inability to make payments to suppliers and lenders on time,
dilution of our Common Stock, equipment failures leading to service
interruptions, failure to achieve profitability, and other Risk
Factors discussed in filings made by the Company with the SEC.