Logica Holdings Closes Acquisition of Dolphin Digital Media
25 June 2008 - 3:16AM
PR Newswire (US)
Transaction Valued at More Than $20 million Will Enable Creation of
New Safe and Secure Social Networking Websites Around Dolphin's
Core Brands of Popular Children's Television Shows TORONTO, June 24
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Logica Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: LGHL.OB), a
developer of social networking websites using state-of-the-art
biometric identity authentication technology, announced today that
it has completed its acquisition of Dolphin Digital Media, Inc.
(Dolphin Digital). The acquisition paves the way for Logica
Holdings, Inc. (Logica) to create and manage social networking
websites around Dolphin's core brands of popular television
programs for children, including Nickelodeon's top-rated series
Zoey 101, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and the mystery
movie franchise Roxy Hunter, among many others. Earlier this year,
Dolphin Digital became the exclusive ten-year licensee of Dolphin
Entertainment's worldwide digital rights to its current and future
properties. Under the terms of the acquisition, Logica exchanged
24,063,735 shares of Common Stock, equal to 51% of its fully
diluted issued and outstanding Common Stock, in exchange for the
entire issued share capital of Dolphin Digital. Based on the
trailing five-day average closing price of Logica Common Stock
prior to the closing, this had an approximate market value of $20.2
million. "Our merger with Logica will help us deliver the highest
standards of online safety for children and tweens around our
properties and eventually other destinations," said Bill O'Dowd,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Dolphin Digital and
Dolphin Entertainment (Dolphin). "With Logica's proprietary
state-of-the-art biometric security platform behind our highly
popular brand content, we are confident that we can create a safe
and desirable online environment for young audiences." "We are
excited to be working with Dolphin Digital Media," said Pino
Baldassarre, Chief Executive Officer of Logica. "We are committed
to creating a secure and protected online environment for young
people where users must be authenticated before entering our
websites, enabling our children to experience the Internet in a
safe and secure environment." Dolphin Entertainment controls the
international distribution of its programming, with its roster of
highly successful programs available in more than 100 countries and
300 million homes worldwide. "Zoey 101," in particular, has been a
major hit since its premiere on Nickelodeon in January, 2005,
having been nominated for an Emmy(TM) Award for Outstanding
Children's Program that same year. "Zoey 101" and other shows
produced by Dolphin have achieved several ratings records in the
United States and Canada, and have performed exceptionally well
overseas. Many of Dolphin's international broadcast partners have
created the most successful online campaigns in their history
utilizing Dolphin properties. At the heart of Logica's high-tech
security platform are the solutions of its technology partners:
Novell Corporation, Rackspace, Fujitsu, and 123ID, all integrated
through an exclusive worldwide license with Weblock International.
Working with its technology partners, Logica is able to offer a
proprietary platform of identity management and database solutions.
ABOUT DOLPHIN ENTERTAINMENT / DOLPHIN DIGITAL MEDIA
(http://www.dolphinentertainment.com/) Dolphin Entertainment,
founded by Bill O'Dowd in 1996, is one of the world's leading
entertainment companies, specializing in children's and young adult
programming. In addition to the Roxy Hunter mystery movie
franchise, Dolphin's other 2007 Executive Producer credits include
Emmy-nominated(TM) and top U.S. rated Nickelodeon series Zoey 101,
and the hit series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, as
well as Nickelodeon's first-ever TV movies Shredderman Rules! and
The Last Day of Summer. Complementing its financing, production,
and distribution divisions, Dolphin has successfully launched an
international merchandising and licensing group with Zoey 101
campaigns in Canada, Australia, and Western Europe, with plans to
expand into more than two dozen countries. Dolphin Digital was also
founded by Bill O'Dowd to take advantage of Web 2.0 and social and
digital media opportunities. ABOUT LOGICA HOLDINGS, INC.
(http://www.logicaholdings.com/) Logica Holdings, Inc. is a company
whose primary focus is in the digital media, e-commerce and
information technology sectors. The current configuration of held
companies reflects a common theme: the growing global market for
social networking and downloadable entertainment content. This is
the essential idea behind the entities that are currently part of
Logica, which include Plays On the Net, a comprehensive and global
online guide to theater, Anne's World, licensee of Annesdiary.com,
the world's first secure social networking site for girls ages
5-14, and Curtain Rising, a user-friendly search engine which will
enable theater-goers to locate productions, venues and information
with ease. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT This press release may include
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements
related to anticipated revenues, expenses, earnings, operating cash
flows, the outlook for markets and the demand for products.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
and are inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors which
could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon, among
other things, assumptions made by, and information currently
available to, management, including management's own knowledge and
assessment of the Company's industry and competition. The Company
refers interested persons to its most recent Annual Report on Form
10-KSB and its other SEC filings for a description of additional
uncertainties and factors, which may affect forward-looking
statements. The Company assumes no duty to update its
forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Logica Holdings Inc.
CONTACT: Pino G. Baldassarre, Chief Executive Officer, Logica
Holdings, Inc., (416) 929-5798 -or- Ron Stabiner, The Wall Street
Group, Inc., (212) 888-4848
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