HOUSTON, Jan. 20, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emerge Capital Corp. announced today that the company will begin trading upon opening of the markets January 23, 2006 under the ticker symbol (OTCBB:EMGC). Emerge Capital Corp provides Business Turnaround and Consulting Services for emerging and re-emerging public and private companies. Emerge Capital Corp.'s(tm) (OTCBB:EMGC) primary operating subsidiary, Corporate Strategies, Inc., Merchant Bankers, (CSI), helps micro-cap public companies accelerate growth, provides working capital, management restructuring and turnaround expertise, and in select cases, makes direct investments in our client companies.
CSI markets its services to hedge funds, institutional investors, and banks that have significant exposure in troubled micro-cap public companies as well as to individual public companies. These companies are typically either in operational or financial difficulty and may be in default of lending or equity agreements, and may be facing bankruptcy or liquidation if their operations are not turned around. We believe the large amount of capital provided by institutional funds over the last three years may result in significant growth opportunities for Emerge Capital Corp. and our services in financial restructuring and turnaround management.
CSI is generally compensated with a combination of some cash payments on a monthly or quarterly basis, and the majority of our compensation is in outright grants of equity in the form of common stock, and/or warrants for purchasing common stock. We believe this compensation plan aligns our interests with the client company's shareholders because our ultimate compensation is determined by successfully increasing shareholder value. This performance based compensation arrangement clearly demonstrates that our interests are consistent with both our clients and their shareholders, as well as the shareholders of Emerge Capital Corp.
All statements included in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although Management believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations that are disclosed in this Press Release. While Emerge Capital Corp./Corporate Strategies, Inc. believes its forecasting assumptions are reasonable, there are factors that are hard to predict and influenced by economic and other conditions that are beyond Emerge Capital Corp./Corporate Strategies, Inc.'s control. Among the other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are detailed in Emerge Capital Corp/Corporate Strategies, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.