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DC Brands International Confirms Rumor of National Talks
DENVER, CO, Aug 01, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- At the close of business Tuesday, DC Brands International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DCBI) confirmed a rumor that they have been and are continuing talks with a major national brand that would drastically expand the company's distribution network. The company's VP of Sales Richard Muscarella said, "It is no secret that there is a lot of reshuffling of the deck in our industry going on with respect to major energy drink brands and distributors aligning themselves to increase market share with even more prominent and established companies. In recent months, RockStar Energy Drink struck a distribution deal with Coke, Monster reached an agreement with Anheuser-Busch and there is much more happening on an ongoing basis. We are not at liberty to name names at this point, as it would jeopardize negotiations. However, we have received calls from several parties inquiring as to the validity of the recent chatter asking if we are indeed in the negotiation stages with one of these national brands. I can confirm that we have been in continued talks with at least one such major company that if successful could/would provide coast-to-coast distribution in all 50 states. There is a lot of leg work still to be done and our president, Mr. Pearce, is working diligently on closing the financing necessary to facilitate the type of hard-hitting national launch we would be required to participate in during the first quarter of 2007 along with the production requirements we would need to meet should we be successful. I will say we feel extremely good about the most recent conversations and the feedback we have received. There is not much more I can say at this time other than we are all working towards making this come to fruition as it would transform the company virtually overnight."
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A Request to our Shareholders Dear Shareholders: Last February, we here at DC Brands made a commitment to better communicate with our shareholder base and did so in the form of our Dickens Cider Insider Newsletter as well as many more informative news releases. With now over 3,300 shareholders, the vast majority have been extremely pleased with the strides we have made and our openness. There are some who continually request additional information that, quite frankly as a non-reporting pink sheet company, we are not required to provide and prefer not to hand to our competition or any other adversaries at this time in our growth. This type of information will be provided when and if we are successful in moving to the Bulletin Board in the future. At that time, the advantages of being fully reporting help to balance the disadvantages. This ability to control information is one of the advantages and one of the strategies behind our “walk, crawl, run” strategy of first going public on the pink sheets, then moving to the Bulletin Board and hopefully up again to the larger exchanges in the years to come. Over the past 90 days or so, we have been dismayed as to why the share price has not been moving up despite the great degree of progress our company has made on so many fronts. We also began experiencing unexplained tentativeness on behalf of several of our key distributors who began getting cold feet without a full explanation. This happened just about the same time that we began posting our distributors and contact information on our website and our announcements of our new distributors via press releases. With this in mind, we began looking into this about five to six weeks ago and learned that, much to our disbelief, a significant number of our own shareholders have began taking it upon themselves to routinely make calls and/or sending emails directly to our distributors and begin, as we were told yesterday by one in particular, “interrogating” them as to the status of our relationship. They wanted to know how many accounts they serviced, how many salespeople they have, what they projected in sales, etc., etc., etc. Much as the dishonest waiter, waitress or bartender who pockets an extra $20.00 - $30.00 per night thinking, “This place is making a killing. It’s just $20.00 to $30.00. They will never miss it.” However, they are not realizing that another 10-15 of their fellow employees are doing the same thing. At the end of the night, the poor honest restaurant/bar owner is missing several hundred or a thousand dollars. The point is the cumulative effect is what hurts. To that end, I have no doubt that each of the people who made these calls or sent emails to our distributors thought they were acting on their own, but they were not. For example, one very important distributor in the CA area reported in excess of 60 calls in a 9-10 day period and backed out of their commitment with us because of what they called “harassment from our shareholders.” My question to those of you that have been doing this is, “What were you thinking?” These people are our distributors. They are not there to have individual shareholders in a new brand they are bringing on “interrogate them” or quite frankly contact them in anyway. This led us to calling all of our distributors, of which all we spoke with reported having been contacted multiple times and all of which are VERY unpleased with these actions and hold against us directly. Not only that, we learned that on seven verified occasions, our competitors walked in the doors of our distributors armed with information we have released on four occasions with an actual copy of our Dickens Cider Insider and began what amounts to a money spending and bribing contest with them to have them take on their brands rather than ours. This is due to the fact they with the documented results of our”Taste the Difference, Feel the Difference campaign,” for the first time, we became a threat to our competition. Therefore, we are now very much in their radar. With that said, I want to be clear about our position on this. We completely understand that as an individual shareholder each of you has every right to do what you want with respect to gathering and/or verifying information so you can make better, more informed decisions as to your buying and selling stock in our company of any company for that matter. However, that does not mean we have to continue to hand you the information a very few of you turnaround and beat us over the head with. I can tell you that as of the writing of this letter all such information will become closely held and considered proprietary for management’s eyes only! We will continue to report news. However it will be in a historical sense only and without actual names and phone numbers attached. We are not going to help facilitate these malicious manipulations any longer. We expect our competition to fight us tooth and nail and we understand their attempt to inhibit if not damage us every step of the way. That is what you do to the enemy and in business that is what all serious competition is. However, we are very disappointed to learn of the destructive actions that have been taking place on behalf of people we thought where on our own team. Please understand, we are told the calls from our shareholders are “upbeat” in tone, but the words you say are not necessarily what the distributor hears. If you were to paraphrase what we are told, it seems each caller/investor says they just want to “verify some information” about a new brand our announced distributor is taking on. This is highly unordinary and immediately pops up red flags to the distributor. To the dozens of you that have made these calls, despite the words you may think you said, what the person on the other end of the phone hears tend to hear is something like… “I am a shareholder in this company DC Brands. Who would I speak with about your relationship with our company?” This being so out of the ordinary, we have yet to hear of one distributor with this type of person designated within their organization, so they begin passing it around the office until someone takes the call. Then it goes something like this…”I want to ask you some questions and verify some information.” (It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the information being requested is to help the caller decide if they would like to personally buy or sell shares in our company.) This puts the distributor in a very precarious situation. They are in a new relationship, irritated by the sheer volume of calls they are receiving and the nature of the questioning but also that they are asked to verify things such as the number of accounts they are distributing to, number of sales people and most of all “internally discussed projections” As I was told verbatim from one distributor, “We want no part of this, I don’t need people coming out of the wood work 6-12 months from now saying we told them we thought we would sell $X when we sold $Y because we can’t win. We don’t sell stocks here, we distribute beverages and it is an unnecessary liability to our company.” In the end what we worked on for months and spent enormous amount of time and resources on was destroyed in just a few days by a few well-intentioned shareholders. Perhaps even more concerning is the fact that we have also learned that a significant number of our shareholders as well as outsiders regularly engaged in almost continuous communication on several ****s in which they seemingly second guess our every move and conspire to manipulate our stock for their own good and self edification. These irresponsible acts of the few have adversely affected the many and we have a lot of rebuilding to do. To those of you that like to play Monday morning quarterback and think you are so much smarter than us and second guess our ever move, let me provide you with some information free of charge. Here is what you need to do if you want to run your own publicly traded energy drink company. · Come up with an intriguing and compelling name and logo that you market test and make sure is ready. · Spend months taste testing new formulas to develop the product itself. · Start rolling the product out nationwide. · Work like an idiot all hours of the day and night at getting your product off the ground. · Most importantly, risk millions of your own dollars in the course of doing so. · Then figure out how you take your company public and start babysitting the 2-3% of trouble makers that’s are going to constantly give you their two cents even though its not worth that much in literal; terms. Do that and you get to make all the decisions, until then please stop trying to help us and let us do our job. Posted 7/20/06
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DC Brands International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DCBI) released news that should have the attention of speculative investors. Yesterday after the stock markets closed, the company issued a press release confirming a rumor that they have been and are continuing talks with a major national brand that would drastically expand the company's distribution network.
This news may get the attention of traders. The company's VP of Sales Richard Muscarella said, "It is no secret that there is a lot of reshuffling of the deck in our industry going on with respect to major energy drink brands and distributors aligning themselves to increase market share with even more prominent and established companies. In recent months, Rock Star Energy Drink struck a distribution deal with Coke, Monster reached an agreement with Anheuser Busch and there is much more happening on an ongoing basis. We are not at liberty to name names at this point, as it would jeopardize negotiations. However, we have received calls from several parties inquiring as to the validity of the recent chatter asking if we are indeed in the negotiation stages with one of these national brands. I can confirm that we have been in continued talks with at least one such major company that if successful could/would provide coast to coast distribution in all 50 states. There is a lot of leg work still to be done and our president, Mr. Pearce, is working diligently on closing the financing necessary to facilitate the type of hard hitting national launch we would be required to participate in during the first quarter of 2007 along with the production requirements we would need to meet should we be successful. I will say we feel extremely good about the most recent conversations and the feedback we have received. There is not much more I can say at this time other than we are all working towards making this come to fruition as it would transform the company virtually overnight."
This continues to be a stock for speculative investors to watch. Two weeks ago the company announced that in the past 30 days they have received requests for an additional 18 new distributor kits to begin the evaluation process as interest in the brand continues to increase.
DC Brands International, Inc. markets its Dickens Energy Cider through a growing network of distributors nationwide. They intend for this new entry to the energy drink market to become a direct competitor to the market leaders Red Bull®, Monster® and Rockstar®. However, they differentiate their drink with an additional ingredient which adds a unique flavor that has won mouths over across the nation. As stated in previous press releases, DC Brands is also in the process of releasing their new "bag-in-the-box" and their alcohol versions of the product.
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Played this since Nov and have seen good returns. Thing to note is it usually moves up and down in full penny increments, and sometimes half penny. Not like others that move in the .001 digits. Gains percentage quickly.
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did you get 500 or 35k? or was that even yours.
I'm getting only partials, picked up 1300 and 2000 at .08, sill holding a bunch from a couple weeks ago at .065. Should see 12's late this week if the chart stand true anyway
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DC Brands International Announces Investment Bankers via COMTEX
August 11, 2006
DENVER, CO, Aug 11, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
At the close of business Friday, DC Brands International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DCBI) announced the execution of an Investment Banking Agreement with Barron Moore Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Dallas-based Barron Moore, Inc., an NASD member brokerage firm.. The company's President and CEO Dick Pearce said, "We are very pleased to announce that we have signed with Barron Moore to provide investment banking and consulting services for our current and future rounds of financing. We see this as perhaps the most critical and final step in our ability to rollout our current and new products nationwide. It will make a radical change in our operation."
DC Brands International, Inc. markets its Dickens Energy Cider through a growing network of distributors nationwide. They intend for this new entry to the energy drink market to become a direct competitor to the market leaders Red Bull(R), Monster(R), and Rockstar(R). However, they differentiate their drink with an additional ingredient, Horny Goat Weed, which adds a unique flavor that has won mouths over across the nation. As stated in previous press releases, DC Brands is also in the process of releasing their new "bag-in-the-box" and their alcohol versions of the product. (Please refer to those previous releases for more information.) The company's headquarters is located at 9500 W. 49th Ave Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. For more information on the company, visit their web site at www.DickensEnergyCider.com, Primary Contact: Keith Howard 303-279-3800.
Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results or timelines to differ materially are risks associated with research and clinical development, regulatory approvals, supply capabilities and reliance on third-party manufacturers, product commercialization, competition, litigation, and the other risk factors listed from time to time in reports filed by DC Brands International with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to risks described under the caption "Important Factors That May Affect Our Business, Our Results of Operation and Our Stock Price." The forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent judgments of the management of DC Brands International as of the date of this release. DC Brands International and its managers and agents undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements.
9500 W. 49th Ave Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. www.DickensEnergyCider.com Primary Contact: Keith Howard 303-279-3800
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DC Brands International Securing Another Coke Syrup Distributor
DENVER, CO, Aug 14, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- At the close of business Monday, DC Brands International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DCBI) announced they will be entering into a new on-premise bag-in-box distribution relationship with another predominant Coke authorized syrup distributor based in California within the next 30 days. A bag-in-box syrup distributor is a specific type of distributor who delivers concentrated forms of beverages that hook up to fountain guns or hand held guns that typically mix and dispense carbonated beverages. These distributors also, in many instances, either own or rent the equipment and may provide full service and maintenance of those gun/fountain systems. On-premise establishments typically gravitate towards concentrated bag-in-box products due to increased profits and ease of dispensing. Dickens Energy Cider is manufactured and sold in five gallon bag-in-box containers with a 5 - 1 mix ratio yielding 30 gallons of consumable product. DC Brands VP of Sales, Richard Muscarella stated, "This potent relationship completes distribution of our entire product line within this region of California. With an existing large distributor in place whose forte is distributing canned and bottled products, this new relationship with a predominant syrup distributor who carters to nearly 1,000 on-premise establishments provides DC Brands with abundant coverage for both on and off premise establishments. The beauty of this scenario is that there is absolutely no conflict between distributors; they clearly have different markets and products. Additional benefits include the ever exploding consumption of shooters or energy bombs at these types of establishments. When patrons order energy shooters or bombs, Dickens becomes the Energy source of that cocktail mix, thereby eliminating the need to compete with other energy drinks. Guaranteed consumption cannot be beat! Additionally, having Dickens distributed on the gun in areas where our canned product is distributed provides us with greater exposure. Without question this fuels the consumer to look for and request Dickens Energy Cider at both on premise and off premise establishments."
For more information on the company, visit their web site at DickensEnergyCider.com Primary Contact: Keith Howard 303-279-3800
Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results or timelines to differ materially are risks associated with research and clinical development, regulatory approvals, supply capabilities and reliance on third-party manufacturers, product commercialization, competition, litigation, and the other risk factors listed from time to time in reports filed by DC Brands International with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to risks described under the caption "Important Factors That May Affect Our Business, Our Results of Operation and Our Stock Price." The forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent judgments of the management of DC Brands International as of the date of this release. DC Brands International and its managers and agents undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements.
Conatct:
Keith Howard
303-279-3800
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