Newtek
Business Services, Inc. (CrystalTech) Chairman &
CEO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
[December 28, 2004]
Barry
Sloane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Newtek
Business Services, Inc. (NKBS) will preside over the
opening bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite -- 4 Times Square
-- 43rd & Broadway -- Broadcast Studio
When:
Thursday, December 30, 2004 at 9:30
a.m. EST
Why:
The NASDAQ Stock Market is proud to
welcome Newtek Business Services, Inc. [NKBS] and its
CEO Barry Sloane to the market open in celebration of
the company's first year listing anniversary.
Newtek focuses on providing small to
medium-sized business owners with business services
and financial products that enable them to better grow
and compete in today's marketplace. Newtek's products
and services include small business lending; electronic
merchant payment processing; insurance; web hosting;
outsourced digital bookkeeping; tax preparation, filing
and advisory; and IT solutions.
Fast Facts:
Headquarters: New York, New York
NASDAQ Listed since December 2003
Ticker symbol: [NKBS]
Feed Information:
The opening bell is available from 9:20
a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA-5 C-band/transponder
14. The downlink frequency is 3980 horizontal; audio:
6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber
1623. If you have any questions, please contact the
NASDAQ Traffic Department at (646) 441-5220.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph
of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm
and click on the market open of your choice.
About Newtek Business Services, Inc.
[NKBS]:
Newtek Business Services, Inc. is a
premier provider of business services and financial
products to the small to medium-sized business market.
For more information about Newtek, please visit http://www.newtekbusinessservices.com
or call 866-NEW-1-TEK. Newtek's core brands are:
* Newtek Small Business Finance: small
business and U.S.
government-guaranteed lending services;
* Newtek Merchant Solutions: electronic merchant payment
processing
solutions;
* Newtek Insurance Agency: customized business insurance;
* Newtek IT Services: complete information technology
solutions;
* CrystalTech Web Hosting: comprehensive web site services
for small
and medium sized businesses;
* Newtek Financial Information Systems: outsourced digital
bookkeeping; and
* Newtek Tax Services: tax filing, preparation and advisory
services.
The statements in this release may contain forward-looking
statements relating to such matters as anticipated future
business strategies and financial performance, anticipated
future number of customers, business prospects, legislative
developments and similar matters. The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor
for forward-looking statements. In order to comply with
the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that
a variety of factors could cause the Company's or CrystalTech's
actual results to differ materially from the anticipated
results expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements
such as intensified competition and/or operating problems
and their impact on revenues and profit margins or additional
factors as described in Newtek Business Services' 2003
annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed registration
statements.
Contacts:
Newtek Business Services, Inc. [NKBS]:
Newtek Business Services
Barry Sloane
Chairman of the Board & CEO
212-356-9500
bsloane@newtekbusinessservices.com
Dave Gentry
Aurelius Consulting Group, Inc.
407-644-4256
dave@aurcg.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Traffic Department
646.441.5220 |
