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Titan Global Holdings, Inc.
Titan Global Holdings
Announces Recognition of $3.5 Million in Income for Recovery of Federal
Excise Taxes
Friday November 3, 4:01
pm ET
Titan Anticipates Recovery of Previous
FET Payments with Filing of Fiscal 2007 Tax Return
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Titan
Global Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: TTGL - News), a high-growth diversified holding
company, today announced that its independent auditors concur that Titan
should recognize $3.5 million in income for recovery of federal excise
taxes ("FET") paid since August 2005, following the retroactive elimination
of the excise tax.
The $3.5 million in newly
recognized income further strengthens Titan's financial results, and includes
no negative or stock-dilutive impact.
In May 2006, The United
States Treasury Department formally conceded the legal dispute over federal
excise taxes on long-distance telephone service, resulting in Titan's ability
to claim the funds as income. Titan will recognize this income gain in
the 4th quarter of fiscal 2006.
According to the United
States Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service will process principal
and interest refunds for all FET paid for long-distance services during
the last three years.
Oblio Telecom, Inc.,
a unit of Titan's Communication Division, has paid FET of 3% of gross revenues
generated from communications services provided to its customers. The FET
have been included in the cost of sales as reported in its historical financial
statements.
"The federal excise tax
on telephone calls was put into place over 100 years ago, and we are very
pleased to see the Treasury Department has agreed to eliminate these excise
taxes," said Kurt Jensen, President and CEO of Titan's Oblio Telecom division.
"Our customers ultimately win from this decision as we will have more resources
to create new, innovative products to meet our customers' needs and to
generate increased revenues."
In August 2005, Titan
announced its independent auditors confirmed Titan's ability to use a portion
of its cumulative net operating losses ("NOL's") against the future net
income generated from Oblio. Pursuant to Internal Revenue Service regulations,
Titan's qualified NOL's are preserved and available against future net
income from the Oblio unit. The recovery of the FET will be offset by Titan's
NOL's. Therefore, one hundred percent of the FET recovery will be available
to Oblio.
"The removal of the federal
excise taxes on our services will proportionately increase our operating
margins in future periods," stated Bryan Chance, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Titan Global Holdings. "Upon receipt of our refund, we intend
to use the proceeds to reduce our corporate debt and our monthly interest
expense."
About Titan Global Holdings
Titan Global Holdings,
Inc. ("Titan") (OTCBB: TTGL - News) is a high-growth diversified holding
company with a dynamic portfolio of companies engaged in emerging telecommunications
markets and advanced technologies. In its last fiscal year Titan generated
in excess of $110 million in revenues on a consolidated basis.
Titan's Oblio Telecom
Inc. ("Oblio") telecommunications subsidiary, based in Richardson, Texas,
is a market leader in prepaid telecommunications products and the second
largest publicly-owned international telecommunications company focused
on the prepaid space. Oblio leverages strategic agreements with Tier 1
telecommunications leaders Sprint and Level3 to supply its brand-name prepaid
calling cards. Annually Oblio sells an estimated 35 million of its brand-name
prepaid calling cards through its established distribution channels estimated
at more than 60,000 retail outlets.
Titan Wireless, Inc.
("T Wireless") is Titan's wireless subsidiary and is a mobile virtual network
operator ("MVNO"). T Wireless sells its MVNO prepaid wireless products
and wireless services through Oblio's established distribution channels.
Titan's Electronics and
Homeland Security division specializes in advanced manufacturing processes
to provide commercial production runs and quick-turn delivery of printed
circuit board prototypes for high-margin markets including Homeland Security
and high-tech clients.
For more information,
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Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 -- With the exception
of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release
are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
The actual future results of TTGL could differ significantly from those
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
include risks and uncertainties such as the inability to finance the company's
operations or expansion, inability to hire and retain qualified personnel,
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or any other person, that such forward-looking statements will be achieved.
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as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of
the foregoing, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such
forward-looking statements. For further risk factors see the risk factors
associated with our Company, review our SEC filings.
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