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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Boyle
Chief Executive Officer
803-758-2528
AFFINITY TECHNOLOGY
GROUP SIGNS EQUITY FINANCING AGREEMENT
Columbia, SC, September 26, 2000
- Affinity Technology Group, Inc. [NASDAQ: AFFI] today announced that
it has entered into a equity line financing agreement with an international
institutional investor. The company previously announced a $1
million convertible debenture agreement with an unrelated investor.
Under the terms of the equity
line agreement, Affinity has the sole discretion to sell up to 6,000,000
shares of its common stock periodically in monthly installments
over an 18-month period. Shares issued under the equity line
arrangement will be priced at 85% of the volume weighted average
daily price of Affinity stock at the time of sale. The company
will not be allowed to sell any shares under the agreement until
it has registered the resale of such shares under the Securities
Act of 1933. Depending on the number of shares the company
ultimately issues under the agreement, the company may be required
to obtain shareholder approval for the transaction under Nasdaq
rules applicable to transactions involving the issuance of a number
of shares of stock equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of
shares outstanding prior to the transaction.
The company has issued the investor
a three-year warrant to acquire 720,000 shares of Affinity stock
at 115% of the average market price of Affinity's stock on the day
of issuance. In addition, the agreement requires the company
to issue additional 35-day warrants any time it sells any shares
under the agreement. Such warrants would permit the investor
to acquire 25% of the shares sold at such time and would be exercisable
at the average purchase price paid by the investor for those shares.
Joe Boyle, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Affinity, said, "This is another
significant step in our capital-raising efforts. The structure
of this equity line is exceptionally well suited to accommodate
our changing capital needs. We plan to immediately begin taking
the steps necessary to allow us to begin selling shares under the
agreement, which we hope to be able to do within the next three
to four months, and perhaps sooner."
The shares of common stock to
be sold to the investor under the agreement have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold
without registration or the availability of an applicable exemption
from registration. Affinity is required to register such shares
for resale by the investor under such Act. This announcement
does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any
offer to buy common stock of Affinity. Any public offering
by such investor will be made by means of a prospectus included
in a registration statement to be filed by the company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Affinity Technology Group, Inc.
Affinity's technology enables financial institutions to link their
branches, call centers, Internet customers and indirect agents electronically
to their credit departments, providing fully automated lending -
and, if necessary, connectivity to a loan officer - through every
channel. For financial institutions, Affinity's services expedite
loan decisioning and processing and increase productivity and capacity
of branch personnel, call center agents, loan officers, and indirect
agents, while improving the overall customer experience. Affinity
is located on the World Wide Web at www.affi.net.
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Forward-looking statements in this news
release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned
that these statements involve several risks and uncertainties that
may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
In particular, the sale of shares under the agreement described
in this press release is subject to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act of 1933 covering the resale of such shares.
Any statements regarding the time required to effect such registration
represents management's estimate based on facts and circumstances
existing on the date hereof. Such estimates may turn out to
be inaccurate due to several factors, including unexpected positive
or negative developments affecting the company that make the registration
process more difficult, as well as the length and level of any review
of such registration statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, the sale of shares under such agreement is subject
to several conditions, including the continuing accuracy of the
representations and warranties made by the company in the financing
agreement. A material negative development affecting the company
would cause such representations and warranties to no longer be
accurate and may prohibit the company from selling shares under
such agreement.
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