Unilens Vision Inc. Announces Amendment to Term Loan Facility, Capital Equipment Financing and Reduction in Quarterly Cash Divid
04 April 2011 - 10:28PM
Marketwired
Unilens Vision Inc. (OTCBB: UVIC) (OTCQB: UVIC) (TSX-V: UVI), which
develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty
contact lenses, today announced an amendment to its term loan
facility with Regions Bank and a reduction to its quarterly cash
dividend.
The amendment to the term loan facility reduces the Company's
minimum monthly principal repayment from $100,000 to $54,762,
retaining the January 2015 expiration date, at which time a final
balloon payment will be due, although additional quarterly
principal payments (not to exceed the original amortization in the
aggregate) will be payable to the extent the Company generates cash
flow in excess of certain specified amounts. In addition, Regions
Bank is providing the Company with a new seven-year credit facility
of up to $500,000 for capital equipment financing.
In conjunction with the amendment to the term loan facility, the
Company's Board of Directors has voted to reduce the quarterly cash
dividend payable to common shareholders to $0.045 per share from
the previous quarterly cash dividend rate of $0.09 per share.
"We are very pleased to announce the amendment to our term loan
facility with Regions Bank and the bank's agreement to extend the
Company up to $500,000 in credit for capital equipment financing,"
stated Michael Pecora, Chief Executive Officer of Unilens Vision
Inc. "When combined with the reduction in our quarterly cash
dividend, our monthly cash flows from operations will improve
significantly, thereby allowing us to expand our manufacturing
capabilities and further develop our sales and marketing
initiatives in support of the growth that we anticipate from our
Custom lens category sales in coming years. As the 40 and over
presbyopic population continues to grow faster than the population
as a whole, we believe the ability to satisfy the increasing demand
for existing and future toric multifocal and multifocal contact
lens product offerings will create substantial value for our
shareholders. Although we considered it necessary to reduce the
cash dividend in order to achieve these strategic objectives, the
new quarterly cash dividend rate still provides a healthy
annualized yield of 3.9%, based upon the most recent closing stock
price of $4.60 per share."
About Unilens Vision Inc. -- "The Eye Care
Professionals Specialty Contact Lens Company"
Established in 1989, Unilens Vision Inc., a Delaware
corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary Unilens Corp.,
USA, located in Largo, Florida, and its wholly owned subsidiary
Unilens Vision Sciences Inc. develops, licenses, manufactures,
distributes and markets contact lenses primarily under the C-Vue
brand directly to Independent Eye Care Professionals. Additional
information on the Company may be accessed on the Internet at
www.unilens.com. The Company's common stock is listed on OTC
Bulletin Board and OTCQB exchanges under the symbol "UVIC" as well
as the Canadian TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "UVI."
The information contained in this news release, other than
historical information, consists of forward-looking statements that
involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those described in such statements. For a
discussion of certain factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements, please refer to the Company's most recent filings with
the SEC and the TSX Venture Exchange. The TSX Venture Exchange has
not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
For more information, please contact: Leonard F. Barker CFO
Unilens Vision Inc. (727) 544-2531 len.barker@unilens.com or RJ
Falkner & Company, Inc. Investor Relations Counsel (800)
377-9893 info@rjfalkner.com
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