| Vital
Stats |
| Fiscal
Year End |
March
31 |
| 52
Week High - Low |
$10.25
to $.344 |
| Recent
Price |
$1.14 |
| #
of Employees |
40 |
| Shares
Out |
40.8
million |
| Float |
8
million |
| Market
Cap |
$46.5
million |
| *subject
to change based upon completion of pending acquisitions |
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InfoCast
Corporation
1 Richmond Street West
Suite 902
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3W4
Tel:
416 867-1681
Web
Site: www.infocast-corp.com
Investment
Highlights:
- William
Lowe "Father of the IBM Personal Computer" recently named as
Chairman & CEO
- VIGIC
Services (a GTCR Golder Rauner company) has been engaged
as InfoCast's financial sponsor
- Unique
Call Center technology is in hot demand due to high operating
costs of Call Centers
- Fast
growing market - 90,000 Call Centers and over 5 million agents
in North America alone
- Call
Center market expected to jump from $23 billion to over $58
billion in 2003 (source: Int'l Data Corp.)
- Product
is validated by sales contract with AT&T Corp.
- Recent
$4.8 million funding allowed for redemption
of cash-restrictive convertible debt and provided capital for
ongoing expansion
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Profile |
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InfoCast
Corporation
As a Vertical Service Provider, InfoCast has built a complete
Contact Center solution around two core applications designed
to work together as a single platform for customer care and employee/partner
empowerment.
- InfoCast
Contact — The foundation of InfoCast’s Contact solution
is a complete Web-based contact center infrastructure available
on a pay-per-use basis, an attractive alternative to expensive,
traditional call center hardware and software. The solution
can be deployed independent of existing call center infrastructures,
or in a co-exist format that increases the efficiency of current
call centers while addressing evolving requirements for e-enablement.
Additionally, InfoCast technology makes satellite call centers
and work-at-home agents a viable reality.
- InfoCast
e-Learning — This comprehensive and client-customized electronic
learning portal and extensive library of e-enabled courseware
content increases productivity and drives down education costs
by giving corporate and academic learners access to up-to-the-minute
training and certification anytime, anywhere.
The
Contact division of InfoCast e-enables call centers and gives managers
cost-saving options in choosing staff and locating operations. Through
the Internet environment, time management and efficiency are at
the center of the InfoCast product. Telephone representatives are
afforded complete access to mainframe databases from any locale
while retaining the ability to provide real-time service online.
The
foundation of InfoCast’s Contact solution is a complete Web-based
contact center infrastructure available on a pay-per-use basis,
an attractive alternative to expensive, traditional call center
hardware and software. AT&T (T) has recently contracted with
InfoCast to sell InfoCast “Contact” under the AT&T name.
The
e-Learning division of InfoCast e-enables corporate and academic
learners, giving them global access to real-time training, teaching,
testing and certification on a 24/7 basis. e-Learning is offered
as a value add to Contact customers. The company’s comprehensive
and client-customized electronic learning portal increases productivity
and drives down education costs by giving corporate and academic
learners access to up-to-the-minute training and certification
anytime, anywhere.
InfoCast
generates revenues by providing access to these leading edge applications
on a per use basis. This Service Provider model reduces expenditures
for client-businesses by providing access to these state-of-the-art
applications on an outsourced basis as opposed to the traditional
in-house IT infrastructure. The company distributes its services
to client-businesses from data centers or hubs that are connected
through AT&T's digital private network.
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Strategic
Partnerships |
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InfoCast
understands that to be a successful e-enabler in the global market
requires world-class partners. InfoCast has aligned its
core businesses with partners in the hardware, software and network
arena to ensure it can deliver a high-quality, complete Web-centric
solution to clients involved with virtual businesses dependent
on Contact and e-Learning needs.
InfoCast
has partnered with AT&T (T) to take the Contact Solution
product to market in the U.S.
InfoCast
has also formed an alliance with Chicago-based VIGIC Services,
a GTCR Golder Rauner LLC company. VIGIC will be a financial
and business advisor, focused on capital funding, acquisition
and intellectual property strategy for InfoCast.
InfoCast
has partnered with Adecco (ADO), the nation’s largest staffing
services company. The partnership will link qualified job applicants
who have enhanced their skills with InfoCast’s e-Learning curriculum
to Adecco’s employment opportunities. InfoCast has also partnered
with Storage Alliance Inc., a data storage company, to service
the quickly growing demands for a reliable, scalable and accessible
method of storing large amounts of computerized data. In addition,
InfoCast has signed agreements with five leading training content
companies (ITC Learning Corporation, Teach.com, High Tech Campus,
NIIT, and CCI) to make available over 1,000 interactive training
courses through InfoCast e-Learning.
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Dynamic
Market |
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InfoCast
“Contact” call center technology can draw upon 90,000 call centers
in North America alone. 40% of call centers will be required to
provide multi-media customer service by 2003 according to the
Gartner Group. According to International Data Corp., Web-based
training will exceed $20 billion by 2004. InfoCast e-Learning
solutions are positioned to take advantage of this growth.
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Recent
News |
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March5,
2001 -- Bill Lowe (“Father of the IBM Personal Computer”) To
Head InfoCast -- InfoCast announced that William C.
Lowe, joined InfoCast as Chairman and CEO. In addition
to leading the group within IBM that developed the IBM Personal
Computer, Mr. Lowe has held senior executive management positions
with IBM, Xerox Corporation, Gulfstream Aerospace and New England
Business Services. Mr. Lowe has one of the most extensive networks
in the US corporate world and will be able to open doors that
are not available to others.
InfoCast
also announced that it has engaged VIGIC, a GTCR Golder Rauner
company as its financial sponsor. Founded in 1980, GTCR
Golder Rauner is one of the largest and most highly respected
private equity investment firms in the U.S. VIGIC will assist
in funding and intellectual property strategies going forward.
VIGIC works directly with GTCR to source and manage private equity
investments with an intellectual capital-based competitive advantage.
Mr. James Malackowski, Founding Principal of VIGIC, was also appointed
to the Board of Directors of InfoCast Corporation.
Feb.
20, 2001 -- InfoCast Redeems Convertible Subordinated Debenture
-- InfoCast announced that it redeemed the remaining $1.75 million
principal amount of its convertible subordinated debenture. This
rids the company of potential overhang in the market that has
weighed the stock down.
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The
InfoCast Executive Team |
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William
C. Lowe, Chairman and CEO
Mr. Lowe is a noted pioneer in the information technology industry,
having worked in senior executive positions at Fortune 500 companies,
as well as consulting with start-ups. In addition to leading the
group within IBM that developed the IBM Personal Computer, Mr.
Lowe has held senior executive management positions with IBM,
Xerox Corporation, Gulfstream Aerospace and New England Business
Services. As Executive Vice President of Xerox Corporation, he
led all development and manufacturing on a global basis. Mr. Lowe
also served as Chairman and CEO of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
during the period when the industry-leading GV aircraft was developed.
In recent years, he has helped Internet-based start-up software
companies develop successful business plans and experience significant
revenue growth.
James
W. Leech, President and Director
Mr. Leech is a seasoned senior executive with a 26-year track
record of building publicly owned companies in high technology
and other sectors. Mr. Leech most recently served as Co-Founder
and Vice-Chairman of Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd., a successful
data security and networking firm.
Mr.
Hervé Séguin, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary
Mr.Séguin brings 23 years of experience in the high technology
industry, with substantial experience in public companies, investor
relations, corporate finance, change management, and operational
management and control.
Mr.
Carl Stevens, President, InfoCast Contact and InfoCast e-Learning
Mr. Stevens brings 28 years of sales, marketing, and leadership
experience in high technology to InfoCast.
InfoCast
Corporation can be found on the Web at: www.infocast-corp.com
GTCR Golder Rauner Web site: www.gtcr.com
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fact, are forward-looking statements subject to a number of uncertainties
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