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Exhibit 99.3
Keyuan
Petrochemicals Completes Reverse Merger with Silver Pearl
Enterprises
and Simultaneous $ 23.15 Million Private Placement
Ningbo, PRC April 23, 2010 –
Keyuan International Group Limited (OTCBB: SVPE), (“Keyuan” or “the Company”), a
leading independent manufacturer and supplier of various petrochemical products
in China, announced today that it completed a reverse merger with Silver Pearl
Enterprises, Inc. (“Silver Pearl”), effective April 22, 2010. In connection with
the transaction, Silver Pearl received 100% of the issued and outstanding
ordinary shares of Keyuan, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company.
Simultaneous
with the reverse merger, the Company closed a private placement (the "Offering")
for 661,562 investment units (the “Units”). The Units include a total of 661,562
ordinary common shares, 5,954,058 shares of Series A preferred stock convertible
into ordinary common shares, in addition to 661,562 Class A Warrants with an
exercise price of $4.50 per share and 661,562 Class B Warrants with an exercise
price of $5.25. The Company plans to use the net proceeds for the expansion of
its manufacturing facility which will include a raw material pre-treatment
facility, additional storage capacity and an asphalt production
facility.
As a
component of the private placement, management entered into a Make Good
provision which includes a performance threshold of $33 million in net income
for fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
as adjusted for certain non-cash charges.
As a
result of this placement, the Company now has 50,661,562 shares of common stock
issued and outstanding (assuming Series M shares are fully converted), 5,954,058
shares of preferred stock outstanding (convertible into the same number of
shares of common stock), and warrants outstanding exercisable for an aggregate
of 1,958,224 shares of common stock including placement agent
warrants.
“The
successful completion of our merger and private placement transaction for Keyuan
are important accomplishments for several reasons,” stated Mr. Chunfeng Tao,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. “China’s demand
for petrochemical and petrochemical intermediates has outpaced supply in recent
years leading to record contract signings and backlog for our various products.
Our facility expansion to include a pre-treatment facility, additional storage
capacity and an asphalt production facility is a significant growth opportunity
and we intend to leverage our capacity to deliver industry leading products for
our customers in the PRC.”
Established
in 2007 and operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Keyuan Plastics, Co.
Ltd. (“Keyuan Plastics”), the Company is located in Ningbo, China and is a
leading independent manufacturer and supplier of various petrochemical products.
Having commenced production in October 2009, Keyuan’s operations include an
annual petrochemical
manufacturing capacity of 550,000 metric tons (MT) of a variety of petrochemical
products, with facilities for the storage and loading of raw materials and
finished goods, and a technology that supports the manufacturing process with
low raw material costs and high utilization and yields.
Due to
China’s growing demand for refined petrochemical products, attributable to
China’s robust economic growth and under-developed domestic supply capacity,
customer order requests for 2010 has exceeded the Company’s current annual
production capacity. Additionally, China’s demand for asphalt has outpaced
supply for five consecutive years with total imports of 3.3 million MT in 2008.
In order to grow Keyuan’s business to meet the increasing market demands, the
Company plans to expand its manufacturing capacity to include a raw material
pre-treatment facility, additional storage capacity and an asphalt production
facility.
For
fiscal year 2010, the Company expects to generate revenue of $461.3 million and
net income of $36.3 million, excluding public company expenses.
This
press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy any of the securities referenced herein in any jurisdiction to any
person.
The
shares of common stock issued in connection with the transactions have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered
or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from those
registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a registration
statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the
private placement and certain other shares, within 30 days of
closing.
The
Company will file within four business days of the closing a Form 8-K with the
Securities and Exchange Commission describing in more detail the terms of the
reverse merger and the private placement. Viewers should read this report in its
entirety and refer to all risk disclosures.
Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This
press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the
business of Keyuan International Group Limited, and its subsidiary companies.
All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are
“forward-looking statements” including statements regarding the impact of the
proceeds from the private placement on the Company’s short term business and
operations, the general ability of the Company to achieve its commercial
objectives, including the ability of the Company to sustain growth; the business
strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries; and any
other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements
are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“believes,” “expects” or similar expressions, involve
known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that
the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do
involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be
incorrect. Investors should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date of this press release. The Company's
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of a variety of factors, including
those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and
available on its website
(http://www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to the
Company or persons acting on its behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required
under the securities laws, the Company does
not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Mark
Elenowitz
TriPoint
Capital Advisors, LLC
(212)
732-7184 x 204
Investor
Relations:
HC
International, Inc.
Ted
Haberfield, Executive VP
Tel:
+1-760-755-2716
Email:
thaberfield@hcinternational.net