MIAMI, Aug. 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Atlantis Business Development Corporation, Inc. (OTCBB:ABDE) announced today after a unanimous decision by the Board of Directors, as a result of the spin off, voted to issue one (1) share of 727 Communications Inc. stock for every one share of Atlantis stock owned. The record date to take part in the dividend is September 16, 2005. The issuance date for the dividend is scheduled for September 30, 2005.
The record date (September 16, 2005) means if you own shares by the end of the day of record, you will receive a dividend for each share owned. The dividend issuance date is the day the shares will be disbursed to all shareholders.
About Atlantis Business Development:
Atlantis Business Development Corporation (ABDE) (http://www.atlantisbdc.com) is currently registered as a Business Development Corporation (BDC) in accordance and pursuant to Section 54 of the Investment Act of 1940. It seeks out companies that are in their business development stage and invests in these companies through various means. It also builds, creates, and funds its own profitable companies in order to produce greater future value to its shareholders. The Investment Company Act of 1940 was passed to encourage investing in developing businesses. The Act provides simpler access to public funds for the purpose of business development, with emphasis on regulation of expenditures, rather than regulation of fund-raising. Under the Act, the majority of publicly raised funds pursuant to the Act must be employed in developing businesses.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained in this news release include certain predictions and projections that may be considered forward-looking statements under securities law. These statements involve a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, but not limited to, the performance of joint venture partners, as well as other economic, competitive and technological factors involving the Company's operations, markets, services, products and prices. With respect to Atlantis Business Development Corp. (ABDE), except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, ABDE's extremely limited operating history, uncertainties related to the Company's access to additional capital, competition and dependence on key management.