Invisa Closes $2.2 Million Private Placement of Preferred Convertible Shares
18 August 2004 - 1:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Invisa Closes $2.2 Million Private Placement of Preferred
Convertible Shares SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Invisa, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INSA), an electronic life
safety and security company that has commercialized patented
presence-sensing technologies, announced today the completion of a
$2.2 million private placement of convertible preferred shares. The
preferred shares are convertible into shares of common stock. The
investors also received three-year warrants to purchase an
additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$1.00 per share. 60% of the total has been funded and the remainder
will be funded upon filing of a registration statement. Invisa
President and CEO, Herb Lustig, stated, "This financing is a very
important step in our growth. It's a vote of confidence in our
business plan and ability to execute. We plan to use the financing
proceeds to repay certain existing debt and to fund sales,
marketing, research and development and to provide working
capital." In connection with the financing, the Company negotiated
the cancellation of $776,132 in accrued salary to certain
directors, officers, and former employees, as well as the
termination of a royalty agreement whereby 7% of gross revenue
derived from all non-safety industry sales would have been paid to
certain individuals. Mercator Advisory Group, LLC, of Los Angeles,
CA, arranged for the investment through its designated, accredited
funds, Mercator Momentum Fund, LP and Monarch Pointe Fund, Ltd.
Ascendiant Securities, LLC, of Irvine, CA, served as placement
agent on the transaction. G.M. Capital Partners Ltd. of Zurich,
Switzerland has acted as financial advisor to Invisa, Inc. About
Invisa Invisa's versatile, reliable, compact next-generation
presence-sensing solutions are targeted to the multi-billion dollar
global electronic life safety and security markets.
InvisaShield(TM) technology, an advanced implementation of
capacitive sensing, is resistant to known methods of circumvention.
It does not employ infrared, laser, ultrasound or microwave
radiation. Used in security applications, InvisaShield technology
can detect intruders who violate a sensing zone ranging from
millimeters up to one meter. Invisa sensors have been in service at
a major New England museum since April 2003. Invisa's SmartGate(R)
safety systems incorporate the InvisaShield capacitive-sensing
technology to generate an invisible protective field around the
potentially hazardous edge of powered gates, garage doors, sliding
doors and other powered closures. A video of SmartGate in action
can be viewed at http://www.invisa.com/. The securities offered and
sold in the private placement have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold
in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. As part
of the terms of the private placement, the company is obligated to
file a registration statement to register for resale under the
Securities Act the shares of common stock underlying the shares of
preferred stock and warrants issued in the private placement. This
Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. The company has tried, whenever possible, to identify these
forward-looking statements using words such as "anticipates,"
"believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "potential"
and similar expressions. These statements reflect the company's
current beliefs and are based upon currently available information.
Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause
the company's actual results, performance or achievements to differ
materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements.
The company undertakes no obligation to update or advise in the
event of any change, addition or alteration to the information
catered in this press release including such forward-looking
statements. For Company, Product, and Technology information visit
http://www.invisa.com/. Corporate Headquarters: Invisa, Inc. 4400
Independence Court, Sarasota, FL 34234, Tel: 941.355.9361, Fax:
941-355-9373. For Investor Relations: Contact Dave Gentry, Aurelius
Consulting Group, 225 S. Swoope Ave, Suite 214, Maitland, FL 32751,
Tel: 407.644.4256, or http://www.runonideas.com/. DATASOURCE:
Invisa, Inc. CONTACT: Investor Relations: Dave Gentry of Aurelius
Consulting Group +1-407-644-4256, Web site: http://www.invisa.com/
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