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MBAY
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TEKC | RKTI | HUD
LJ International Inc. (Nasdaq: JADE)
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IRI’s
current engagement with China-based
marketer and distributor of fine jewelry,
LJ International Inc. (Nasdaq: JADE), goes
back to July 2003. In the 12 months
through June 30, 2003, just before IRI
began working with JADE, the Company’s
stock was locked in a range between $1.00
and $1.50. Daily volume was frequently
below 10,000 shares and above 100,000 on
only one day. Less than three months later
– in the second half of September – the
share price was around $4.00. In a
reflection of the stock’s new liquidity,
volume had sharply increased. From July 1
through September 19, JADE had 32 days of
100,000 shares or more. Since then, the
stock has been trading extremely strong
with over 150,000 average daily trading
volume. IRI’s successful program enabled
JADE to raise over $3 million with Roth
Capital in 2004. Additionally, JADE
realized a substantial increase in its
institutional ownership as a direct result
of the targeted institutional road shows
that IRI implemented. In its
representation of JADE in U.S. stock
markets, IRI continues its focus on
serving Chinese firms in their efforts to
gain greater recognition among American
investors. JADE is one of the largest
global sellers of fine jewelry, with a
particularly strong presence on the three
major electronic sales networks in the
U.S.: QVC, Home Shopping Network, and
ShopNBC.
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Qiao Xing
Universal Telephone
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China’s second-largest manufacturer of
telephones and had been a client of IRI and
its founder, Haris Tajyar for over 5 years.
IRI conducted an intensive program in the
fall of 2001 to raise the company’s U.S.
profile and share values. In just two
months, its stock price more than
quadrupled. Average daily trading volume in
the fourth quarter – the time of our IR
program – was four times the third-quarter
level. After the success of the initial
program, Qiao Xing continued with our
12-month IR program. IRI’s ability to
maintain steady demand for XING’s shares in
the U.S. market has helped finance the
company’s growth, enabling moves such as the
acquisition of CEC Telecom LTD, a subsidiary
of the largest state-owned electric company
including a major Chinese manufacturer of
both CDMA
and GSM mobile phones.
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Castelle (Nasdaq: CSTL) |
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Castelle (Nasdaq: CSTL) was also facing
Nasdaq delisting action in November 2002
when IRI put its intensive
investor-relation program into effect. The
stock price for this maker of office
automation solutions had long languished
at or below $1.00, much less than its cash
and equivalents per share. In just two
months, the IRI program helped take
Castelle’s share price to well over $2.00.
Not only did that end the delisting
threat, but it also put the stock on a
sustained upward track that has continued
to this day. The shares have since found a
strong base at the $3.00 level.
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Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE)
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IRI helped this incubator of software and
service firms (NasdaqSC: ICGE) gain the
liquidity it needed for continued Nasdaq
listing and a business turnaround. IRI’s
engagement with ICGE started in December
2003, when the company was setting the stage
for a return to profitability and shaking
off the after-effects of the dot-com bust.
The impact of IRI’s intervention showed up
most dramatically in the trading volume. In
the three months before IRI’s engagement,
daily volume averaged 12.2 million shares.
Over the next three months, it rose 164% to
32.2 million shares. At the end of February
2004, the average stood at 45.5 million
shares, or 273% above the levels before IRI
entered the picture.
Subsequent to this, in
May 2004, ICGE declared a 1-to-20 reverse
stock split and maintained its Nasdaq
listing. This achievement would have been
far more difficult without the liquidity
reflected in the sharp rise in volume
under the IRI program. Since the split,
ICGE has been trading extremely strong
with the share price having realized an
almost 100% appreciation by the end of
2004.
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Youbet.com (Nasdaq: UBET)
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Los Angeles-based Youbet.com is the U.S.’
largest legal online gaming company and the
only such firm that offers live coverage
from and wagering accessibility to all major
racetracks, representing virtually 100% of
horse racing content.
Through IRI’s efforts,
we were able to increase the Company’s
share price from $0.50 to over $3.00
within a three month period on substantial
volume. As a result, UBET achieved Nasdaq
compliance.
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eMERGE Interactive, Inc. (Nasdaq:EMRG)
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a technology company providing VerifEYET
food-safety systems, individual-animal
tracking and database management
services to the $40 million beef
industry. The Company's individual
animal-tracking technologies include
CattleLog, an exclusive data-collection
and reporting system that enables
beef-verification and branding. Its
patented, exclusive food-safety
technologies include VerifEYE, a
meat-inspection system.
eMerge
retained IRI in August 2003 and its
share price increased more than 55%
from an August 28th close of $0.80 to
a September 16th close of $1.24.
eMerge was faced with a Nasdaq
delisting deadline of October 24,
2003. As a result of IRI's efforts,
the Company avoided delisting and
continues trading on the Nasdaq
SmallCap market.
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Insmed, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM)
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Insmed,
Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM) has grown remarkably
since it retained IRI representation in
March 2003. On March 10, 2003 when Insmed,
Inc. retained IRI, its stock was trading at
$0.45 and it was threatened with potential
Nasdaq delisting. On March 28, 2003, the day
Insmed, Inc. issued a release stating they
had retained IRI, its stock price rose 10
percent, and it had nearly doubled – to
$1.00 – in the next five trading days. On
May 1, 2003 INSM stock hit a high of $1.36 –
more than tripling its March 10th price. IRI
helped Insmed, Inc. achieve this remarkable
jump in value through several steps:
publicizing its near-term and longer-term
growth prospects, alerting our core group of
sophisticated value investors about the
company and highlighting a promising test of
its anti-cancer EKWX candidate. IRI’s
successful program enabled INSM to raise
over $14 million with Wells Fargo.
Additionally, INSM realized a substantial
increase in its institutional ownership as a
direct result of the targeted institutional
road shows that IRI implemented.
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MediaBay, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBAY)
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MediaBay, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBAY) is a media
company specializing in spoken audio
content, marketing and publishing, whose
businesses include direct response and
interactive marketing, retail product
distribution, media publishing and
broadcasting. MediaBay is one of the
world’s largest sellers of spoken word
products, principally audiobooks and
old-time radio shows, through direct
response channels including the Internet.
The Company’s vast library of old-time
radio shows includes approximately 60,000
titles.
After retaining
Investor Relations International in
mid-November 2003, MediaBay’s stock
price grew 90% from its November 12,
2003 at $0.86 to its December 2, 2003
close at $1.63. Trading volume increased
1261% from 26,600 shares on November 12,
2003 to 361,900 shares on December 2,
2003. MediaBay's shares traded at a
52-week high of $1.91 in December of
2004.
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SPACEHAB (Nasdaq: SPAB)
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IRI representation, in and of itself, has
clout. On February 28,
2003 SPACEHAB (Nasdaq: SPAB), a longtime
NASA contractor involved in the space
shuttle program, retained IRI after it was
threatened with Nasdaq National Market
delisting. SPACEHAB stock rose nearly 48%
in the 5 trading days after it announced
its retention of IRI as its
investor-relations counsel (the company
released no other news during that time).
Average trading volume in that 5-day
period was more than double the average of
the previous month. SPACEHAB received
formal notice from Nasdaq that it now
meets all listing requirements and its
share price continued its upward momentum
for over a year reaching highs of almost
$5.00.
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Teknowledge (Nasdaq: TEKC)
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With Teknowledge Corp. (Nasdaq: TEKC), a
software company engaged in government R&D
and commercial applications for the
financial services industry, we initiated
the first phase of our intensive IR program
in mid-March 2003. The company’s stock price
steadily rose as we made our carefully
targeted list of investors aware of its
story. Before the program started, TEKC
shares had only hit the $1 mark on two days
since the start of the year and were in
danger of being delisted from the Nasdaq
SmallCap market. On March 17, 2003, they
jumped 30% to close at $1.18 and continued
its climb throughout the year reaching a
high of over $5.00.
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Rocketinfo, Inc. (OTCBB: RKTI)
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A leading supplier of search technologies
and real-time news and business information.
The Company completed a reverse merger in
August 2004. After retaining IRI, RKTI’s
stock has realized a more than 200%
appreciation, hitting a high of $3.00 in
December 2004. Average daily trading volume
also increased to over 60,000.
Testimonial available upon request.
Please call (818) 981-5300 for details.
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Hudson Resources, Inc. (TSX.V: CA:HUD)
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This diamond exploration and mining
company, trading on the Vancouver exchange
as CA:HUD, became an IRI client in August
2004. At the beginning of that month, its
shares were priced at 30 cents a share
(Canadian) and the prior three months’
volume averaged less than 7,800 shares per
day. Three months later, on Nov. 1, 2004,
the share price stood at 58 cents – a gain
of 93%. Average daily share volume since
August 1 had risen to over 12,400. In
mid-December, the stock was trading in a
range of 55 cents to 65 cents,
representing a market cap that has roughly
doubled since its retention of IRI.
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