Regency Announces Exchange of Common Stock and Control Of Glas-Aire
22 September 1999
Regency Affiliates, Inc. Announces Exchange of Common Stock and Control Of Glas-Aire Industries Group Ltd.OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 22 -- Regency Affiliates Inc. ("Regency") (OTC Bulletin Board: RAFF) announced that it had closed a common stock exchange agreement with certain shareholders of Glas-Aire Industries Group Ltd. ("Glas-Aire) (Nasdaq SC: GLAR). Under the agreement, Regency, in a private transaction, issued 1,188,000 shares of its restricted common stock to such shareholders in exchange for 288,000 Glas-Aire common shares held by the shareholders. With the closing of the agreement, Regency, either directly or through its wholly owned subsidiary, Speed.com, holds over 51% of the currently outstanding common shares of Glas-Aire. Glas-Aire, a leading designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of automotive parts and accessories to automobile manufacturers world-wide, reported pre-tax earnings of $800,000 on revenue of $6,600,000 in its most recent fiscal year ended January 31, 1999. For the six months ended July 31, 1999 Glas-Aire reported pretax earnings of $441,000 on revenue of $4,213,000, compared to pre-tax earnings of $283,000 on revenue of $2,854,000 for the comparable six month prior year period.