Contact Information: Company Contact: Jim Mastriani CFO Velocity Asset Management (732) 556-9090
Velocity Portfolio Group Temporarily Suspends Future Monthly Dividend Payment on Series A Preferred Stock
| Source: Velocity Asset Management
WALL, NJ--(Marketwire - February 26, 2009) - Velocity Portfolio Group, Inc. (AMEX : PGV )
announced that on February 25, 2009, its board of directors determined that
the company would not declare the February 28, 2009 dividend payment in the
aggregate amount of $114,999 on its Series A Preferred Stock for the
stockholders of record on February 1, 2009, and it has suspended the
company's future monthly dividends effective immediately for Series A
Preferred Stock holders in order to preserve capital. The dividend payment
scheduled for February 28, 2009 will not be paid. Since the Series A
Preferred Stock is cumulative, this suspended dividend (and all subsequent
dividends not paid) will be accrued to the benefit of the Preferred Stock
holders and recorded as a liability in the company's net asset value.
About Velocity Portfolio Group, Inc.
We are a portfolio management company that purchases unsecured consumer
receivables in the secondary market and seeks to collect those receivables
through an outsourced legal collection network. Our primary business is to
acquire credit-card receivable portfolios at significant discounts to the
total amounts owed by the debtors. We use our proprietary valuation process
to calculate the purchase price so that our estimated cash flow from such
portfolios offers us an adequate return on our investment after servicing
expenses.
For more information, visit www.velocitycollect.com
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