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Forrester
Invests $3.2 Million in The Quigley Corporation Exercises 500,000 Warrants
DOYLESTOWN,
PA, June 5, 2002 - The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY)
today announced that Forrester Financial LLC, a financial
consulting firm, has exercised warrants to purchase 500,000
shares of Quigley common stock at $6.50 per share.
The Quigley
Corporation entered into a consulting agreement with Forrester
Financial in March 2002 when the stock was trading at $3.40
per share. Quigley shares closed at $7.25 on June 4, 2002.
The purchase represents 4.6% of current outstanding shares.
The warrants
were issued as compensation for services to be rendered by
Forrester, which include counsel on investor relations, general
business strategies, acquisitions and any future public offerings
of securities.
The Company
granted Forrester warrants for the purchase up to 1,000,000
shares of the Company's common stock, $.0005 par value per
share. The warrants are exercisable until March 6, 2003 or
the termination of the consulting agreement, at varying exercise
prices as follows: 500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price per share of $6.50; 250,000 shares of common stock at
an exercise price per share of $8.50; and 250,000 shares of
common stock at a per share exercise price of $11.50.
Guy J.
Quigley, chairman, president and chief executive officer stated,
"Forrester's acceptance of Quigley Corporation warrants
as compensation and its subsequent stock purchase demonstrates
that firm's support for the Company's growth strategy. Our
new product introductions and focused marketing strategy for
our flagship Cold-Eeze® brand as well as the promising
launch of Quigley Pharma are designed to produce sustainable
profitability and enhanced shareholder value."
Quigley
Pharma is currently conducting a Phase II clinical trial in
France for a topical treatment for diabetic neuropathy. It
is expected that proceeds from the sale of shares through
warrants exercised by Forrester, totaling approximately $3.2
million, will benefit Quigley Pharma's ongoing product research
and development efforts.
The Quigley
Corporation previously filed, a registration statement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission to permit a public
offering and sale of the common stock issuable upon the exercise
of the warrants.
About
The Quigley Corporation
The Quigley
Corporation (NASDAQ: QGLY) is a leading developer and marketer
of diversified health products including the Cold-Eeze®
family of patented zinc gluconate glycine (ZIGG) lozenges,
gums and sugar free tablets. Cold-Eeze is the only (ZIGG)
lozenge proven in two double-blind studies to reduce the duration
of the common cold from 7.6 to 4.4 days or by 42%. In addition
to Over-The-Counter (OTC) products, the Company has formed
Quigley Pharma Inc. (http://www.QuigleyPharma.com), a wholly
owned ethical pharmaceutical subsidiary, to introduce a line
of patented prescription drugs. The Quigley Corporation's
customers include leading national wholesalers and distributors,
as well as independent and chain food, drug and mass merchandise
stores and pharmacies.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve known and unknown
risk, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially
different from the results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by the forward-looking statement. Factors that
impact such forward-looking statements include, among others,
changes in worldwide general economic conditions, changes
in interest rates, government regulations, and worldwide competition.
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