Flight Safety Technologies, Inc. Announces Board Realignment
23 Février 2007 - 11:17PM
Business Wire
Flight Safety Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:FLT) announced that
effective February 19, 2007 one of its four independent directors,
Stephen P. Tocco, has resigned from the Board of Directors of the
Company due to the challenges of growth at his current company, and
his new role as Chairman of the University of Massachusetts Board
of Trustees. The Company has, by Board action, elected two new
independent directors. Mr. Wes Cummins is the Director of Capital
Markets at B. Riley & Company in Los Angeles, California where
he oversees the firm's financial advisory and capital raising
services to middle-market, publicly traded companies. (The Riley
firm, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
dated January 9, 2007 indicated that it controls 869,900 shares of
the Company's common stock). Mr. Cummins holds a BSBA from
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, with majors in Finance and
Accounting. Additionally, the Board has elected Mr. James A.
Schwartz as an independent director. Prior to founding Harvey
Partners LLC, a New York based investment management firm, Mr.
Schwartz was associated with Gilder, Gagnon & Howe as a
portfolio manager. Previously, he was a senior producer for NBA
Entertainment where he won an Emmy Award. Mr. Schwartz earned an
MBA from Columbia University and a BA in History from Bates
College. The Company notified AMEX of these developments on
February 23, 2007. Chairman Samuel Kovnat stated that the addition
of Mr. Cummins and Mr. Schwartz will strengthen the Board by adding
the perspective of the investment community. Mr. Kovnat also
thanked Mr. Tocco for his service to the Company over the past five
years and expressed appreciation for his offer to continue to
support the Company in the future. About Flight Safety
Technologies, Inc. Flight Safety Technologies, Inc. is a
development stage company pursuing advanced technologies aimed at
enhancing safety, security and efficiency for the aviation
industry. These new technologies include AWSM�, SOCRATES�, UNICORN�
and TIICM�. The Aircraft Wake Safety Management (AWSM�) system is
being developed to provide a total airport system solution to the
need for increased airport capacity with enhanced safety. SOCRATES�
is an airport based laser acoustic sensor for the detection and
tracking of wake vortex turbulence. UNICORN� is an airborne radar
for collision avoidance using state of the art components to
achieve low cost, small size and light weight. TIICM� is an
airborne passive countermeasure initiative to protect airliners
against the threat of certain terrorist missile attacks. Safe
Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995: This release contains forward looking statements
identified by the use of words such as should, believes, plans,
goals, expects, may, will, objectives, missions, or the negative
thereof, other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Such
statements are based on currently available information which
management has assessed but which is dynamic and subject to rapid
change due to risks and uncertainties that affect our business,
including, but not limited to, the outcome of pending class action
litigation alleging violations of federal securities laws, pending
litigation challenging our rights to TIICM�, whether the government
will implement WVAS at all or with the inclusion of a SOCRATES�
wake vortex sensor, the impact of competitive products and pricing,
limited visibility into future product demand, slower economic
growth generally, difficulties inherent in the development of
complex technology, new products sufficiency, availability of
capital to fund operations, research and development, fluctuations
in operating results, and other risks detailed from time to time in
Flight Safety Technologies, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Any statements that express or involve
discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs,
plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or future events
or performance are not statements of historical fact and should be
considered forward looking statements. Forward looking statements
involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results or events to differ materially from those presently
anticipated.
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