Business Wire, June 14, 2010
VANCOUVER — Live Current Media Inc. (OTCBB:LIVC), an
e-commerce company that owns and operates the luxury fragrance brand, www.perfume.com,
as well as a portfolio of other domain names, today announced the resignations
of 3 members of management, including its President, Mr. Mark Melville.
Consistent with the Cricket.com Lease and Transfer Agreement
dated August 25, 2009 (the “Transfer Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
transferred to Global Cricket Ventures Limited (“GCV”), the domain name,
cricket.com, and its associated operations, Mr. Melville has resigned his
position with Live Current in order to assume a leadership position at GCV. Mr. Melville’s resignation will be
effective October 1, 2010. Until
that time, he has agreed to stay on at Live Current Media and will assist in
the recruitment and hiring of his replacement. During this period Mr. Melville will not draw a salary from
Live Current Media, although accrued but unpaid compensation will be paid to
him.
In place of Mr. Melville, the Company plans to recruit an
individual with a proven ability in the areas of e-commerce and managing luxury
brands. This individual will be
instrumental in executing the Company’s new business plan, which is to
re-position its premier site, perfume.com, as a leading source of perfume
related content and the latest fragrances not available elsewhere on the
Internet.
The Company also plans to transfer the assets associated
with the perfume.com business to Communicate.com Delaware, Inc, its
wholly-owned Delaware subsidiary, which has changed its name to Perfume.com,
Inc. In addition, Teresa Findlay,
who is presently General Manager of the perfume division of Live Current Media,
Inc., will become VP Operations of Perfume.com, Inc. and will lead the relocation
of the business to a new office in New York City, the center of the fragrance
industry in North America.
Ms. Findlay is a veteran
entrepreneur in the fashion industry having started and operated multiple
successful businesses such as Teresa Findlay Accessories Ltd. and Dirty Laundry
Inc. She has designed, created and
implemented collections exclusively for Betsy Johnson, Holt Renfrew, Nordstrom,
Lord & Taylor and Nine West, among many others, and was awarded the Royal
Bank of Canada’s “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year ’’ in 2001, the ‘Gold Award’
for her Brand, Dirty Laundry, in 2002 and has received many other business
accolades throughout the years. She brings 18 years of fashion and luxury brand experience to
Perfume.com Inc. and an understanding of the “needs and wants” of the targeted
consumers.
Continuing with efforts to reduce
costs, the Company also announces the following cost reductions and changes to management:
·
Ms.
Amy Frankel, Live Current Media’s VP and Corporate Counsel, resigned her
position effective May 31, 2010.
·
The
Company sub-leased its operating office and has moved into smaller, less
expensive premises, which are also located in Vancouver.
·
Ms.
Chantal Iorio, the Company’s VP Finance and the Company have come to an
agreement whereby she will resign effective August 15, 2010. She will enter
into a part time consulting arrangement with the Company to assist in the preparation
of reports to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
British Columbia Securities Commission.
These further reductions in
corporate overhead expenses, which build on the cost reductions previously announced
in May 2010, bring the total expected per annum cost savings to over $750,000.
In addition to the above, the
Company also announces the following:
·
Seven of the 12 holders of
Auctomatic Convertible Notes have accepted the Company’s offer to replace the
Convertible Notes with new promissory notes that will repay the principal and
accrued interest over a three year period. The new promissory notes are not
convertible into shares of Live Current Media, Inc. common stock. The Company intends to continue its
efforts to reach agreements with other Auctomatic shareholders regarding
amounts owed to them.
·
The
Company continues to seek buyers for its non-core domain names as both a means
to focus the Company’s efforts on building the perfume.com business and to provide liquidity for general corporate purposes.
·
The
Company intends to begin issuing financial guidance based on the extensive
forecasting undertaken by management for the perfume business. The Company intends to provide the
guidance along with the Q2 results to be released in August 2010.
·
Management
intends to conduct a conference call after the release of the Q2 results to
address stockholder questions. Details
of the conference call will be released with the Q2 results.
·
In
accordance with its Bylaws, the Company intends to hold an Annual Meeting of Stockholders
on October 11, 2010 in Las Vegas, NV.
About Live Current Media Inc.
Live Current owns one of the most
powerful and engaging content and commerce destinations on the Internet in
www.perfume.com. This site and others in the Company’s portfolio can be built
into subject-specific DestinationHubs™, that can connect people to each other
and to the information, brands, and products they are passionate about. Live
Current has headquarters in Vancouver, Canada with an office in Washington,
W.A. and New York City, N.Y. and is publicly traded on the OTCBB (LIVC). For
more information, visit www.livecurrent.com.
All statements in this press release that are not statements of
historical fact are forward-looking statements, including any projections of
growth, earnings, revenue, cash or other financial items, any statements of the
plans, strategies, objectives and goals of management for future operations,
any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, statements
of belief and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing. These statements are
based on expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release and
are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking
statements. These risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions
particularly as they relate to demand for our products and services; competitive
factors; pricing pressures; changes in operating expenses; our ability to raise
capital as and when we need it and other factors. Live Current Media Inc. assumes no obligation to update
these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or actual outcomes
and does not intend to do so.
Contact:
Live Current
Andrea Laird
Investor Relations Contact
604-453-4870
or 1-866-898-4354
andrea@livecurrent.com