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FIRSTPLUS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. ACQUIRES GLOBALNET DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC,
GLOBALNET FACILITY SERVICES CO., LLC AND GLOBALNET RESTORATION CO., LLC
July 30, 2007
IRVING, Texas, PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: FPFX) (the "Company") announced today that it had purchased all of the limited liability company interests of Globalnet Development Co., LLC, Globalnet Facility Services Co., LLC and Globalnet Restoration Co., LLC. The purchase price consisted of a cash payment of $4,540,000 ($3,045,000 of which was paid at closing and the balance of which is payable on the second anniversary of closing) and 1,100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, the closing price of which on Friday, July 27, 2007 was $0.17 per share.
Globalnet Restoration performs restorative services on commercial,
industrial, and residential facilities as a result of unlawful activity or
natural disaster, i.e., damage caused by fire, flood, hurricane, wind, etc.
Globalnet Restoration contracts with insurance companies prior to
"securing" facilities -- removing damaged interior materials prior to
reconstruction.
Globalnet Development handles all types of construction projects and
project management -- from new construction to "rehabs" and reconstruction.
A full-service company, Globalnet Development offers a full complement of
construction services: general contracting; construction management;
project design and building; and renewal and renovation.
Globalnet Facility Services offers a single source for commercial,
industrial, and residential facility care and cleaning services -- both
interior and exterior.
"The acquisition of Globalnet Development, Globalnet Facility Services,
and Globalnet Restoration offers an exciting opportunity for FIRSTPLUS,"
said John Maxwell, the Company's CEO.
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of 1995. The Company uses forward-looking statements in its description of
its plans and objectives for future operations and assumptions underlying
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