FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunair Services Corporation today announced that it has acquired the assets of Summer Rain Fertilization Company. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Margate, Florida the company will be integrated into the Sunair's wholly owned subsidiary Middleton Lawn & Pest Control and continue to service the Hollywood, Florida area north to Vero Beach, Florida.
"Summer Rain as our first entry into the service region of Broward County Florida represents an important expansion for us. Including this acquisition we now have 26 offices serving peninsular Florida," said John Hayes, Chief Executive Officer of Sunair Services. "We are also very excited to have the founder Rick Wilson and his organization join our growing team of lawn care and pest control specialists as we continue to grow Sunair both organically and through acquisitions."
"We are further positioned to expand our growing footprint into the South Florida market and extend our reputation for customer satisfaction," said Middleton CEO Greg Clendenin. "Summer Rain is an excellent company that we are pleased to bring into our family."
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About Sunair Services
Sunair Services Corporation, a Florida corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Middleton Pest Control, Inc., with headquarters located in Orlando, Florida, provides pest control and lawn care services to both residential and commercial customers. Middleton provides essential pest control services and protection against termites and insects to homes and businesses. In addition, Middleton supplies lawn care services to homes and businesses, which includes fertilization treatments and protection against disease, weeds and insects for lawns and shrubs. Through a subsidiary, Sunair also is involved in the telephone communications business. For more information about Sunair, please visit http://www.sunairservices.com/.
About Middleton Lawn & Pest Control
Established in Orlando, Fla. in 1952, Middleton Pest Control Inc., a subsidiary of Sunair Services Corporation, has declared 2007 as "The Year of the Frog" in celebration of 55 years of service excellence. With 500 employees, Middleton is among the nation's top 20 pest control companies and top six lawn care companies. Middleton provides complete pest control, lawn and shrub care, subterranean and drywood termite control and mosquito reduction services through a network of 26 branch offices, serving nearly 120,000 customers in 28 Florida counties. For more information about Middleton or general company information, please call 1-866-FLA-FROG or visit http://www.middletonpest.com/.
Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this press release, including those that contain the words "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "should," "intend" and other similar expressions, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements or those of our industry to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements include the inability to consummate future acquisitions or pursue growth opportunities, the inability to integrate acquisitions, the inability to raise additional capital to finance expansion, the risks inherent in the entry into new geographic markets, changes in regulatory conditions, competition, risks associated with general economic conditions and other factors included in Sunair's filings with the SEC. Copies of Sunair's SEC filings are available from the SEC or may be obtained upon request from Sunair. Sunair does not undertake any obligation to update the information contained herein, which speaks only as of this date.
