Best Regards, Philip Verges CEO & Chairman NewMarket Technology, Inc.To be added to NewMarket Technology's e-mail database for shareholders and interested investors, please send an e-mail to ir@newmarkettechnology.com. About NewMarket Technology, Inc. (www.newmarkettechnology.com) NewMarket helps clients maintain the delicate balance between maintaining legacy systems and gaining a competitive edge from the latest technology innovations. NewMarket provides certified integration and maintenance services to support the prevailing industry standard solutions such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, SAP, Siebel and Sun Microsystems. Concurrently, NewMarket continuously seeks to acquire emerging technology assets to incorporate into an overall product portfolio carefully packaged to complement the prevailing industry standard solutions. NewMarket delivers its portfolio of products and services through its network of Solution Integration subsidiaries in North America and the leading emerging markets around the world to include, Latin America, China and Singapore. NewMarket ranked Number One in Texas, Number Three in the United States and Number Five in North America on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 2001-2005. The Company grew from less than $1 million in revenue in 2001 to over $50 million in profitable revenue in 2005. In 2006, the company continued its rapid growth, reporting $77.6 million in revenue with a net income of $5.8 million. "SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT" UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements in this release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results, events and performance could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause NewMarket's actual results in future periods to differ materially from results expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making investment decisions.
NewMarket Technology, Inc. Issues Update on Continued Rapid Revenue Growth Beyond $77.6 Million in 2006 and Plan to List Subsidiaries and Issue Dividends
CEO Publishes Letter to Shareholders
| Source: NewMarket Technology, Inc.
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - October 18, 2007) - NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB : NMKT ) today
released a letter to shareholders from the Company's CEO Philip M. Verges.
The letter updates shareholders on the Company's initiative to strengthen
and reinforce the staffing, processes and procedures to support continued
revenue and profit growth. The initiative will also support the Company's
plans to list additional subsidiary operations and subsequently distribute
public subsidiary stock to NewMarket shareholders through dividend
declarations. NewMarket revenue has grown 7,996% in five years to $77.6
million in 2006 with $5.8 million in net income. The Company has made
progress with its plans to independently list subsidiary operations with
the recent successful listings of both NewMarket China, Inc (OTCBB : NMCH )
and NewMarket Latin America (PINKSHEETS : NLAI ).
The CEO's letter to shareholders is included in its entirety below.
Dear Fellow Shareholders:
It was an exciting surprise to receive the award for NewMarket ranking
first in the Dallas-Forth Worth MTBC and Deloitte Tech Titan Fast 50 for a
second consecutive year. You can see highlights of the awards ceremony on
YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OjMbgDJyc
In addition to our top ranking in Dallas-Fort Worth, NewMarket ranked third
in the State of Texas. The results for the 2007 Deloitte Technology Fast
500 rankings for all North America will be out shortly. NewMarket ranked
number five in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 in 2006.
Ongoing Rapid Organic Growth
NewMarket continues to demonstrate record setting revenue growth, even
though we are approaching two years since our last acquisition. The
Company's Brazilian operation, UniOne, was our last acquisition and was
purchased in the first quarter of 2006. The acquisition gave a boost to
2006 revenue, contributing to NewMarket's growth from $50 million in
revenue in 2005 to $77.6 million in revenue in 2006. NewMarket will
substantially exceed 2006 annual revenue this year without the contribution
of a recent acquistion.
Increased Accounting and Reporting Staff, Updated Process and Procedure
In addition to aggressively pursuing organic sales growth, the Company has
intensively looked inward this year to solidify our internal staffing,
processes and procedures to support continued revenue and profit growth.
It has also been important to look internally to continue support of our
plans to list subsidiary operations and subsequently distribute public
subsidiary stock to NewMarket shareholders through dividend distributions.
Furthermore, we do want to see NewMarket graduate in the future to a big
board exchange.
Meet NewMarket and Learn About Emerging Market Opportunities in
China, South East Asia, South America, Africa and Beyond
NewMarket will conduct the Company's annual Town Hall meeting Thursday,
January 17, 2008 at 3:30 pm CST in Dallas, Texas, at the Fairmont Hotel.
The Company will review 2007 financial performance and plans for continued
growth in 2008 through both the company's systems integration offerings and
the introduction of emerging technologies into global emerging markets such
as in Asia and South America. The Town Hall will also include detailed
information on the Company's subsidiaries, NewMarket China and NewMarket
Latin America.
Additionally, on Friday, January 18, 2008, NewMarket will host a seminar
focusing on emerging technologies and emerging and frontier economies. The
seminar will be an opportunity for shareholders and interested investors to
learn more about the use of emerging technologies and the opportunity for
rapid growth within high growth economies worldwide.
Those interested in attending the NewMarket town hall meeting should
contact Whitney Marks at wmarks@newmarkettechnology.com or 214-722-3052 to
RSVP and obtain more information.
Technology Market May Have Gust of Wind In Its Sails
While the overall economy in the United States has experienced some recent
setbacks, most recently featuring the subprime mortgage challenges, the
technology sector has otherwise been enjoying some success. Reuters
released an article yesterday about the technology sector lifting NASDAQ's
overall performance:
http://www.wallst.net/news/news.asp?Source=REUTERSNEWS&id=121
Tobin Smith of Fox News "Bulls and Bears" recently released a video clip
report on what he believes is a coming "swoosh up" in the technology
sector.
http://www.changewave.com/tv/2007/09/CWIA_WW_TheNextBullRun_091907.html?sid=8TF165
At NewMarket, we believe we have implemented an innovative strategy to
continually introduce new technologies to market in a business model that
can sustain profitability. We have enhanced that strategy by building
operations in some of the worlds leading emerging economic markets, most
notable being China and Brazil of "BRIC"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC). We have managed to establish
operational experience and mass over the last five years. We have worked
diligently this year to bring our internal staffing, process and procedures
up to the level to support our rapid growth to date and rapid growth in the
future. If the technology market analysts are correct in their speculation
of an overall improving technology market sector, we feel NewMarket is in
position to optimize the opportunity.