MIAMI, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 09/16/14 -- Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI), a business to business facilitator for digital currency and mobile commerce services in the digital asset and virtual currency ecosystem, today announced that its Special Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for, and convened on September 11, 2014, was adjourned due to logistical delays in all shareholders receiving the proxy material.
Henryk Dabrowski, Chief Executive Officer of Alternet Systems, commented, "We want to thank those shareholders who have voted in favor of the proposals set forth in our proxy and urge those who have not yet voted to do so as soon as possible. Every vote is important for our future success and will allow us to continue moving our business forward. If you are having difficulty voting please call our Investor Relations firm."
The Company is urging shareholders to vote on the following proposals:
1. To approve an amendment of the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the Company's authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 500,000,000;
2. To approve an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to authorize the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock; and
3. To approve the Alternet Systems, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
Only stockholders of record as of July 31, 2014 are entitled to, and are being requested to vote.
The special meeting will take place on September 25, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern at 2889 McFarlane Road, Miami, FL 33133 to allow additional time for the stockholders to vote on the proposals set forth in the Company's proxy statement filed with the SEC, which is available at http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126003/000106299314004595/def14a.htm.
The Company encourages all stockholders who have not yet voted to do so before September 24, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
Methods to Vote Stockholders of Record Shares:
VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com
Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and follow the instructions.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
About Alternet Systems, Inc.:
Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI), headquartered in Miami, Florida, is an enterprise accelerator company focused on the complementary, high-growth markets of Digital Currency, Mobile and Internet Commerce and Cyber-Security products and services. Through its subsidiaries, Alternet captures and converts extraordinary growth opportunities surrounding the explosion of newly adapted Internet technologies and platforms. More information about Alternet and its subsidiaries can be found at www.alternetsystems.com and by following the company on Twitter www.twitter.com/alternetsystems.
Safe Harbor Statement:
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Investor Contact:
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