LANE PR has worked on nearly 50 acquisitions for clients over a broad range of industries. Recently, however, I had the opportunity to be part of the team on a very unusual deal that involved working with two foreign stock exchanges. LANE PR was brought in by Infinova, a global provider of complete video surveillance [...]
On Monday, Dec. 5, LANE PR was honored to join the culinary community in celebrating Portland’s Rising Stars together with sponsor (and LANE client) Wines from Spain.
The event, which took place at the Nines Hotel, named the best-of-the-best on the Portland food scene, including:
Chefs:
• Aaron Barnett, St. Jack
• Greg Perrault, June
• Sarah Pliner, Kat Whitehead & Jasper Sheen, Aviary
• Naomi [...]
Earlier this month, the LANE PR Portland office was pleased to have Wines from Spain’s director, Katrin Naelapaa, join us for a few days out west. It was her first time to Oregon, and we promised a good time.
We started Katrin’s tour by visiting Portland’s Pearl District, NW 23rd Avenue and Reed College. We then [...]
On Friday, Dec. 9, Dutch Bros., a LANE PR client, will celebrate Buck For Kids, an annual event where the coffee company donates proceeds from every beverage sold to a children’s organization.
Buck For Kids will take place at all 173 Dutch Bros. locations across seven western states. Last year, Dutch Bros. contributed $90,000 to children’s [...]
LANE PR’s Wendy Lane Stevens, Kristen Siefkin, Brandi Cook, Jane Taber and Katie Stringer had the pleasure of attending the Portland Business Journal’s Most Admired Companies luncheon on Dec. 7.
We were pleased to celebrate the Portland business community, in addition to our clients, Umpqua Bank and Miller Nash.
While fast networks and flashy gadgets capture all the glamour in the wireless industry, a nondescript Tigard company has built one of Oregon’s fastest-growing companies out of a comparatively plain business plan: basic cell phones for seniors.
Consumer Cellular has tapped one of the wireless industry’s last growth markets. Its revenues surged by 57 percent last year, crossing the $100 million threshold for the first time.
I recently returned from a trip to the Republic of Georgia where I met with the Ministry of Agriculture to discuss marketing Georgian wines in America. My host on the trip was Paata Tsiskarishvili from Telavi Wine Cellar. The cellar’s vineyards are nestled in the middle of the vast and quiet Alazani Valley in the Kakheti wine region, with the snow-capped Greater Caucasus Mountains on one side and the Tsiv-Gombori mountain range on the other. The vineyards were first planted in 1742, and today, Telavi Wine Cellar exports wine to more than 16 countries around the world.
One of the highlights of my trip was visiting this Kakheti wine region with Paata. As we drove further outside of Tbilisi on our way to Kakheti, the flat landscape gradually changed to rolling plains covered with grass, small walnut trees, spring wildflowers, lilacs, and newborn lambs and calves.
When we reached the small hill town of Signakhi, we met and had lunch with John Wurdeman, a young American artist dedicated to resurrecting many of the traditional Georgian handiwork crafts. John owns Pheasant’s Tears, a winery solely devoted to making qvevri wines: wines that are fermented and aged in clay vessels. His winemaker, Gela Patalishvili, writes poetry and is from a family boasting eight generations of winemakers.
During lunch, John taught me about the 10 essential toasts of a Georgian toastmaster (tamada). Leading a form of structured dinner conversation among those gathered, the tamada begins with a toast on one topic, and then others in the group make toasts expanding on the same topic. Once the entire group has spoken, the tamada moves the discussion on to the next topic. The topics are major life themes, and the order is always as follows:
1. Glory to God
2. Glory to those with whom you share a roof, such as family, friends, monastic brothers, etc.
3. The purpose of gathering together
4. Parents, ancestors and the blood in your veins
5. Women at the table and women in your life
6. Those who have died and their families
7. New life with children and hope
8. The homeland
9. The grape and wine
10. Beauty
11. Love
12. The Mother of God, the one that gave birth to God.
Sitting in this 300-year-old building in downtown Signakhi, enjoying lunch surrounded by my new friends, I listened to the lively conversation and thought to myself that the art of dinner conversation must certainly have begun in Georgia.
The S&W Seed offering consisted of 1.4 million units at an offering price of $11.00 per unit. Each unit was composed of two shares of common stock and two five year, redeemable warrants. S&W Seed Class A warrants are exercisable at $7.15 and the Class B warrants are exercisable at $11.00. The common stock, Class A warrants and Class B warrants will trade only as part of the unit for up to 45 days.
“Despite a volatile marketplace Paulson Investment Company, Inc. continues to uncover promising and innovative companies such as S&W Seed that are deserving of financial support,” stated Chester (Chet) Paulson, Founder and Chairman of Paulson Investment Company, Inc. “At Paulson we strive to bring tenacious businesses backed by entrepreneurial spirit to the marketplace and believe we can help fuel both further innovation and economic recovery by doing so.”
“This IPO marks the completion of more than 166 offerings by Paulson Investment Company, Inc. and the generation of more than $1.2 billion for client companies over nearly 40 years in business,” said Trent Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Paulson Investment Company, Inc. “Paulson supports growing and innovative companies like S&W Seed that are positioned to grow and thrive even in the most challenging market conditions.”
About S&W Seed Company
S&W Seed Company is an agricultural company focusing on the breeding, contracting, processing, and selling of primarily alfalfa seed. S&W Seed specializes in developing proprietary alfalfa seed varieties that are suited to warmer climates and produce high yields of superior quality alfalfa hay for animal feed. The company’s web site is available at www.swseedco.com.
About Paulson Capital Corporation
Paulson Capital Corporation is the parent company to Paulson Investment Company, Inc. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Paulson Investment Company, Inc. is the Northwest’s largest independent brokerage firm and a national leader in public offerings of small and emerging growth companies with capital needs of $5 million to $45 million. Founded by Chester “Chet” Paulson in 1970, it has managed or underwritten 166 securities offerings and has generated more than $1.2 billion for client companies.
With 42 branch offices throughout the country, Paulson Investment Company, Inc. (member FINRA/SIPC) aims to earn and build trust with retail and select institutional investors through highly customized financial portfolio management, diversified financial products and service offerings and effective administration and execution of investment strategies that specifically address individual risk tolerance levels. In addition, Paulson Investment Company, Inc.’s brokerage clients look to the firm for compelling new investment ideas in the small and emerging growth markets. The company’s web site is available at www.paulsoninvestment.com.
This release may contain “forward-looking statements” based on current expectations but involving known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Actual results of achievements may be materially different from those expressed or implied. The Company’s plan and objectives are based on judgments with respect to future conditions in the securities markets as well as general assumptions regarding the economy and competitive environment in the securities industry, which can be volatile and out of our control. In particular, we make assumptions about our ability to complete corporate finance transactions and increase the volume and size of our securities trading operations, which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and often beyond the control of the Company. Therefore, there can be no assurance that any forward-looking statement will prove to be accurate.
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