50-Off set to buy back securities - 50-Off Stores Inc - Apparel

Discount Store News, March 4, 1991

50-Off Set to Buy Back Securities

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- 50-Off Stores, Inc., reported that it has reached an agreement today with Caribbean Marine, Inc., the company's preferred stockholder and a principal holder of its Common Stock, to repurchase all of Caribbean Marine's equity securities in the company. The repurchase transaction is scheduled for February 22.

Caribbean Marine currently holds 300,000 shares of 50-Off's Series A 12% Cumulative Convertible Common Stock, and holds an additional 262,943 shares of Common Stock. Caribbean Marine has agreed to convert its Preferred Stock and to then sell all of its shares of Common Stock to 50-Off in a transaction valued at approximately $5,356,000.

According to 50-Off, funds for the transaction were raised by a concurrent private placement of 50-Off's Common Stock to nine institutional investors. Johnson Rice & Co. of New Orleans acted as placement agent for 50-Off.

Guy U. Griffeth and Thomas Pauken, affiliates of Caribbean Marine and currently on 50-Off's Board of Directors, will resign their Board positions.

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