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American Company Spotlight

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HeadsUp Entertainment International, Inc. Website:
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Information As Of February 7,
2008 |
| Exchange:
Pink Sheets |
Market
Cap:
11.6 Million |
| Outstanding Shares:
29.7 Million |
52 Low / High:
$0.19 / $5.00 |
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Price
February 7, 2008:
$0.39 |
HDUP Recent Stock Quote and News:
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"How many people
wouldn't love to go one-on-one with Michael Jordan?" said
Daniel Negreanu, 30, a top professional who moved from Toronto
to Las Vegas in his early 20s to pursue a poker career. "Poker
offers people of all sizes and ages the chance to be a
superstar."
Overview
HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. is a global
media and entertainment company engaged in the creation of
branded entertainment through the development, production
and marketing of televised programming based on poker and
other entertainment themes. To date, our operations have
principally revolved around the creation of our Canadian
Championship Poker brand through the production and
licensing of a reality television series exhibited on Rogers
Sportsnet and Score TV.
Investment Highlights
- HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. (HDUP) is a
global media and entertainment company engaged in the
production, co-production and televising of entertainment,
poker and sports-related content for Canadian and
International television networks.
- In its first two years of operations, HDUP has produced
seven hours of poker tournament-related programming for
Roger’s Sportsnet Inc. and The ScoreTelevision Network.
- In 2008 HDUP looks to produce over 20 hours of
nationally televised poker programming in conjunction with
its current television partner the The ScoreTelevision
Network.
- HDUP is also positioned to grow through acquisition of
vertical and horizontal market opportunities.
- The Company's goals include moving up to the OTCBB and
also cross listing on the TSX exchange in Canada.
- With the Company's 2008 Canadian Open Poker
Championships taking place March 5-9, 2008 in Calgary,
revenues through sponsorship and national media sales look
strong for the first quarter of 2008.
- Poker pros and celebrities including Jennifer Tilly,
Phil Laak "The Unibomber", Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari,
1996 World Series of Poker Champion Huck Seed, "Yukon" Brad
Booth, Mel Judah, Greg "FBT" Mueller and many more will be
playing at the main event of the 2008 Canadian Open Poker
Championships in Calgary, Alberta.
- In addition, with the integration of a National
Tournament beginning in May 2008, HDUP is well positioned to
complete its plan to produce over 90% of all poker
programming in the Canadian marketplace.
Profile
The Company believes that they have strengthened the
Canadian Championship Poker brand through their
relationships with numerous prestigious casinos, many of
which have long-established poker tournaments, their ability
to attract well-known, established professional poker
players to their tournaments, and their ability to build
excitement and identification among a core audience of
amateur poker players by giving a broad range of amateurs
the ability to compete for seats at our tournaments.
HeadsUp Entertainment International is rapidly expanding
its presence in this high growth sector. In January of 2008,
the Company announced that it will be hosting the 2008
Canadian Open Poker Championships that will take place March
5-9, 2008 at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary,
Alberta, Canada. The tournament will feature a series of 5
events with an estimated prize pool exceeding $1.3 Million
CDN. The Company anticipates attracting even more prominent
professionals than its highly successful tournament last
year. According to HeadsUp President and CEO Kelly B.
Kellner, “We have a distinct advantage with international
players as Canadian prize pools for poker tournaments are
tax free and with US and Canadian dollar parity we expect a
strong international turnout.”
The Company's CEO, Kelly B. Kellner was a featured guest
speaker recently on the
SmallCapVoice.com online audio program. To listen to
the full audio interview,
click here.
Poker Industry
Poker is on fire, its popularity fanned by a combination of
television, technology and, for some, the allure of big money.
The game Mark Twain once complained was "unpardonably
neglected" in the United States is now played by hundreds of
thousands of people online 24 hours a day and by celebrities
on television.
Industry estimates are that 50 million to 80 million Americans
play the game. Card rooms in states where poker is legal are
booming.
The success of television and online poker has translated into
a surge of entrants in tournaments, including the top tier
events. First prize in the 2007 World Series of Poker, which
took place in July, 2007 rose from $2.5 million in the 2003
World Series of Poker to $8.25 million in 2007 because of the
increase in participants, and an increase in the buy-ins to
enter the tournament, with the tournament always selling out.
Worldwide gaming companies took in $237 Billion in 2004 and
will be raking in about $277 Billion a year by 2008, according
to investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Online
gambling has grown to $9.2 Billion globally since its birth in
1995 and is forecast to produce a 22% compound annual growth
rate between 2003 and 2008, driven in particular by poker.
Sports betting represents 45% of total online gambling
spending with other gaming representing 32%, but both could be
overtaken by poker by 2008, if not earlier (Source: ZDNet
Research). There is no doubt that the gaming industry is
growing at an astounding pace, driven by the remarkable surge
in the popularity of poker. HeadsUp Entertainment has created
content to feed the public’s insatiably appetite and its own
recognizable Canadian Championship Poker brand in order to
separate itself from the pack in this tremendous growth
sector.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has
forced Internet gambling to come to a grinding halt in the
States. For instance, some analysts estimate that PartyGaming,
the online operator of PartyPoker, will face a loss of as much
as 90% of its revenues stemming from the recent U.S.
legislation (Source: The Guardian). However, the desire among
amateur poker players seems insatiable, and HeadsUp
Entertainment has created a business model that allows the
Company to continue to capitalize on the astonishing
popularity of the game without incurring any of the risks
associated with restrictive legislation in an uncertain and
complex regulatory environment.
Recent News and Press Releases
• HeadsUp Entertainment Confirms Celebrity and Pro Players to
Attend the 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championships in Calgary
Marketwire (Tue, Feb 5)
• Kelly B. Kellner, President and CEO of HeadsUp Entertainment
International Inc., is the Featured Guest in an Audio
Interview at SmallCapVoice.com
Business Wire (Thu, Jan 31)
• HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc.: Registration
Begins Tomorrow Through Ticketmaster for the 2008 Canadian
Open Poker Championships
Marketwire (Thu, Jan 17)
• HeadsUp Entertainment Inc.: Media Conference to Be Held
Today to Outline the 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championships
Marketwire (Wed, Jan 9)
• HeadsUp Entertainment Inc. Announces the 2008 Canadian Open
Poker Championships
Marketwire (Wed, Jan 2)
• HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. Moves Forward With
Its Business Objectives
Marketwire (Mon, Nov 26)
Management
Kelly B. Kellner
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Kellner has been instrumental in establishing the
business of headsup entertainment inc. for the production of
made-for-TV poker tournaments and other entertainment
properties. He produced and hosted a weekly television
program marketing real estate in Winnipeg in 1990 and has
more than 12 years experience working in corporate finance,
mergers and acquisitions in the international public
markets. He is an avid poker player and has a strong desire
to provide Canadian poker players with the opportunity to
develop into world-class competitors.
Norman J.R. MacKinnon
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. MacKinnon has been a Chartered Accountant in British
Columbia for over 47 years and has extensive experience in
taxation, specifically tax shelters in fields ranging from
resource based industries to international television
production and syndication. From 1972 to present, he has
served as a director, primarily in a financial advisor or
audit committee role, on the boards of numerous VSE, TSE,
TSX Venture and NASDAQ public corporations. He was a senior
partner in the accounting firm MacKinnon, Sapera, Lewis &
McDonald from 1972 to 1984, which specialized in taxation
matters and general accounting. Between 1982 and 1984, he
served as CFO of Century II Productions Inc., the first
Canadian syndicated variety program to be syndicated in the
US and successful in television tax shelters. In 1984 he
became the sole practitioner of the Chartered Accounting
firm, NJR MacKinnon, specializing in tax planning, CFO
positions and controllership of emerging public companies.
He has served on various committees of the BC Institute of
Chartered Accountants.
Contacts
Suite 1739-246 Stewart Green SW
Calgary, Alberta, T3H 3C8
Phone: (403) 269-9039
Fax: (403) 269-9060
www.headsupentertainment.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report includes forward-looking
statements that reflect HeadsUp
Entertainment International, Inc. current
expectations about its future results, performance,
prospects and opportunities.
HeadsUp Entertainment International, Inc. has
tried to identify these forward-looking statements by using
words and phrases such as "may," "will," "expects,"
"anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "plan,"
"should," "typical," "preliminary," "we are confident" or
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are
based on information currently available and are subject to
a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could cause HeadsUp Entertainment
International, Inc.'s actual results,
performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially
from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and
other factors include, without limitation, the Company's
growth expectations and ongoing funding requirements, and
specifically, the Company's growth prospects with scalable
customers, and those outlined above. Other risks include the
Company's limited operating history, the Company's history
of operating losses, consumers' acceptance, the Company's
use of licensed technologies, risk of increased competition,
the potential need for additional financing, the terms and
conditions of any financing that is consummated, the limited
trading market for the Company's securities, the possible
volatility of the Company's stock price, the concentration
of ownership, and the potential fluctuation in the Company's
operating results.
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