RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 3, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- HydroFlo, Inc (OTCBB:HYRF) announced today that Mergent's Editorial Board has approved HydroFlo for a listing in Mergent Manuals and News Reports(tm).
"A listing in the Mergent Manuals and News Reports(tm) will make HydroFlo's corporate profile, which includes descriptive text data as well as news and financial statements, accessible via Mergent's online and print products," commented Dennis L. Mast, CEO of HydroFlo, Inc.
As part of Mergent's listing services, the new description will be highlighted separately on www.mergent.com with an active hyperlink back to HydroFlo's website.
The Mergent Industrial Manual and News Reports(tm) is a recognized securities manual in 38 states for purposes of Blue Sky Manual Exemption. First published in 1918, and formerly known as Moody's(tm) Manuals and News Reports, the publication was re-branded as Mergent Manuals and News Reports when Mergent, Inc. acquired Moody's(tm) Financial Information Services division in 1998. HydroFlo's listing is designed to aid the brokerage community in making a market for the Company's stock. However, it is recommended that brokers confirm with their compliance/legal department concerning "Blue Sky" laws in specific states and other regulatory laws that might affect them.
About the Company
HydroFlo, Inc. (http://www.hydroflo.us) is a Business Development Company, as defined by the Investment Act of 1940. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, HydroFlo's core focus is to seek out synergistic acquisitions that will provide capital appreciation and income from its portfolio companies. Its first portfolio investment company, HydroFlo Water Treatment (http://www.hydroflo-inc.com) is in the business of providing aeration equipment used for the pre-treatment of wastewater. Using the patented Pressure Line Up-Stream or PLUS pre-treatment system, HydroFlo Water Treatment provides customers a treatment process at their pumping stations, prior to the wastewater reaching a treatment plant.
About Mergent, Inc.
Mergent, Inc. has been collecting and delivering financial information since 1900. For over a century, Mergent has built its reputation as an innovative leader in supplying comprehensive, accurate data, along with easy-to-use information tools based on the latest in technology. Mergent offers databases on key financial, fundamental and descriptive data for over 35,000 global public companies from over 100 countries, and 20,000 U.S. municipal entities, as well as extensive company analysis, corporate bond, unit investment trust, corporate actions, mutual fund and dividend information. Located in New York City and Charlotte, North Carolina, Mergent maintains a growing number of sales and service offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan.