HOUSTON, April 18, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emerge Capital Corp. (OTCBB:EMGC), an established provider of restructuring strategies, turnaround execution and business development services, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Corporate Strategies, Inc., is pleased to announce it has retained the services of AGORACOM Investor Relations Corp. ("AGORACOM") (www.agoracom.com) to provide investor relations services. Other AGORACOM clients include: AdZone Research (OTCBB:ADZR), Wireless Age Communications (OTCBB:WLSA), and AskMeNow (OTCBB:OWHC).
The objective of this agreement is two-fold. First, to create effective communication between Emerge Capital, its shareholders and the investment community through AGORACOM's Internet based investor relations system. Effective immediately, a customized and monitored Emerge Capital IR HUB (www.agoracom.com/IR/EmergeCapital) will allow both Emerge Capital and AGORACOM to communicate with all investors simultaneously, anytime and in real-time, while providing shareholders with equal access and complete transparency to all investor relations communications. The IR HUB will also provide one-click access to the Emerge Capital broker fact sheet, company profile, most recent press releases, e-mail list registration, latest stock quote and chart information, and an executive audio address updated quarterly. In addition, the IR HUB provides investors with a monitored discussion forum for the purposes of constructive and high-quality discussion about the Company that is free of spam, bashing, and hype.
Second, AGORACOM will be fully responsible for creating, implementing and executing an investor relations strategy, the consolidation of which will save management a considerable amount of time, effort and expense, allowing them to focus on core business operations, while significantly improving shareholder communications.
Emerge Capital CEO Tim Connolly, stated, "Given the Company's recent developments, we believe the time has now come to significantly increase our communications with shareholders and the investment community. The solution provided by AGORACOM fulfills our need to manage and execute an IR strategy in a cost efficient manner, while providing our management team with the ability to focus on executing the business plan. Our shareholders and Company will benefit greatly from near real-time communications, regularly planned updates and increased exposure."
For all future Emerge Capital investor relations needs, investors are asked to visit the Emerge Capital IR Hub at www.agoracom.com/IR/EmergeCapital where they can post questions and receive answers within the same day, or simply review questions and answers posted by other investors. Alternatively, investors are able to e-mail all questions and correspondence to EMGC@agoracom.com where they can also request addition to the investor e-mail list to receive all future press releases and updates in real time.
This agreement has been negotiated entirely at arm's length. AGORACOM is located in Toronto, Ontario
More information about Emerge Capital Corp. may be found at: www.corporate-strategies.net
AboutAGORACOM Investor Relations Corp. (www.agoracom.com) (www.AgoraIR.com)
AGORACOM Investor Relations Corp. (AGORACOM) is North America's leading outsourced investor relations firm for small-cap companies. AGORACOM's exclusive IR HUB delivers two-way investor relations and communications that provides 100% transparency accessibility.
About Emerge Capital Corp.
Emerge Capital Corp. provides Business Restructuring, Turnaround Management, and Advisory Services for emerging and re-emerging public and private companies through its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Corporate Strategies, Inc. (CSI). CSI helps micro-cap public companies accelerate growth, provides working capital strategies, funding alternatives and in select cases, makes direct investments in our client companies. CSI markets its turnaround services to hedge funds, institutional investors, and banks that have significant exposure in troubled micro-cap public companies. Typically, these companies are in operational or financial difficulty, may be in default of lending or equity agreements, and may be facing bankruptcy or liquidation if their operations are not turned around. CSI is compensated with cash payments on a monthly or quarterly basis, and the most significant part 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 provides us with an opportunity to achieve venture capital like returns on our equity participation, and aligns our interests with the client company and its shareholders because our ultimate compensation is determined by successfully increasing shareholder value. This performance based arrangement clearly demonstrates that our interests are consistent with the goals of our clients, their shareholders, and 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.